[PATCH] i2c: aspeed: fix master pending state handling

Tao Ren
2019-10-10T01:26:49Z

On 10/9/19 5:32 PM, Brendan Higgins wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 09, 2019 at 02:20:34PM -0700, Jae Hyun Yoo wrote:
>> In case of master pending state, it should not trigger a master
>> command, otherwise data could be corrupted because this H/W shares
>> the same data buffer for slave and master operations. It also means
>> that H/W command queue handling is unreliable because of the buffer
>> sharing issue. To fix this issue, it clears command queue if a
>> master command is queued in pending state to use S/W solution
>> instead of H/W command queue handling. Also, it refines restarting
>> mechanism of the pending master command.
>>
>> Fixes: 2e57b7cebb98 ("i2c: aspeed: Add multi-master use case support")
>> Signed-off-by: Jae Hyun Yoo <jae.hyun.yoo@linux.intel.com>
>
> Reviewed-by: Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@google.com>
>
> We don't have any multi-master setups, can we get a Tested-by?

I've applied the patch to my tree and I'm looking for a minipack BMC
(milti-master) to test the patch. Will come back with results tomorrow.

Cheers,

Tao

> Wolfram, since this is a bugfix, can we get this in 5.4?
>
> Thanks!
>