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From: Wolfram Sang <wsa-z923LK4zBo2bacvFa/9K2g@public.gmane.org>
To: Lucas Stach <l.stach-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: linux-i2c-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	"Marek Vasut" <marex-ynQEQJNshbs@public.gmane.org>,
	"Ben Dooks (embedded platforms)"
	<ben-linux-elnMNo+KYs3YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>,
	"Uwe Kleine-König"
	<u.kleine-koenig-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] i2c: mxs: remove races in PIO code
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:30:54 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130415163054.GC6286@the-dreams.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1366021015-5936-1-git-send-email-l.stach-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>

On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 12:16:54PM +0200, Lucas Stach wrote:
> This commit fixes the three following races in PIO code:
> 
> - The CTRL0 register is racy in itself, when programming transfer state and
>   run bit in the same cycle the hardware sometimes ends up using the state
>   from the last transfer. Fix this by programming state in one cycle, make
>   sure the write is flushed down APBX bus by reading back the reg and only
>   then trigger the run bit.
> 
> - Only clear the DMAREQ bit in DEBUG0 after the read/write to the data reg
>   happened. Otherwise we are racing with the hardware about who touches
>   the data reg first.
> 
> - When checking for completion of a transfer it's not sufficient to check
>   if the data engine finished, but also a check for i2c bus idle is needed.
>   In PIO mode we are really fast to program the next transfer after a finished
>   one, so the controller possibly tries to start a new transfer while the
>   clkgen engine is still busy writing the NAK/STOP from the last transfer to
>   the bus.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lucas Stach <l.stach-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>

Applied to for-next, thanks! Both.

I'd prefer to not use reply-to <old_series> when sending <new_series>.

      parent reply	other threads:[~2013-04-15 16:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-03-14 11:49 [PATCH 1/3] i2c: mxs: always end a transfer with a proper STOP Lucas Stach
     [not found] ` <1363261750-26645-1-git-send-email-l.stach-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>
2013-03-14 11:49   ` [PATCH 2/3] i2c: mxs: remove races in PIO code Lucas Stach
     [not found]     ` <1363261750-26645-2-git-send-email-l.stach-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-01 22:58       ` Marek Vasut
2013-03-14 11:49   ` [PATCH 3/3] i2c: mxs: do error checking and handling in PIO mode Lucas Stach
     [not found]     ` <1363261750-26645-3-git-send-email-l.stach-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-01 22:59       ` Marek Vasut
     [not found]         ` <201304020059.22550.marex-ynQEQJNshbs@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-08 17:19           ` Wolfram Sang
     [not found]             ` <20130408171933.GA6865-z923LK4zBo2bacvFa/9K2g@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-08 17:23               ` Marek Vasut
2013-04-08 17:21   ` [PATCH 1/3] i2c: mxs: always end a transfer with a proper STOP Wolfram Sang
     [not found]     ` <20130408172147.GB6865-z923LK4zBo2bacvFa/9K2g@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-09  7:26       ` Lucas Stach
     [not found]         ` <1365492362.4131.9.camel-WzVe3FnzCwFR6QfukMTsflXZhhPuCNm+@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-09  8:32           ` Wolfram Sang
     [not found]             ` <20130409083252.GA3624-z923LK4zBo2bacvFa/9K2g@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-15  7:50               ` Lucas Stach
2013-04-15 10:16   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] i2c: mxs: remove races in PIO code Lucas Stach
     [not found]     ` <1366021015-5936-1-git-send-email-l.stach-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-15 10:16       ` [PATCH v2 2/2] i2c: mxs: do error checking and handling in PIO mode Lucas Stach
2013-04-15 16:30       ` Wolfram Sang [this message]

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