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From: Martin Aberer <martin.aberer@bachmann.info>
To: <peter@korsgaard.com>, <andrew@lunn.ch>
Cc: <andi.shyti@kernel.org>, <linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Martin Aberer <martin.aberer@bachmann.info>
Subject: [PATCH] i2c: ocores: re-check status after poll timeout to avoid false errors
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:52:49 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260323135249.550925-1-martin.aberer@bachmann.info> (raw)

The polling task can be preempted at any point inside ocores_wait(),
including just before the time_after() check. If the scheduler does
not resume the task until after the 1ms deadline, ocores_wait()
returns -ETIMEDOUT even though the hardware already cleared the
status bit.

Re-read the status register after a timeout before declaring failure.
This avoids spurious timeout warnings under high CPU load.

Signed-off-by: Martin Aberer <martin.aberer@bachmann.info>
---
 drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ocores.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ocores.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ocores.c
index 0f67e57cdeff..6f5aece94d57 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ocores.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ocores.c
@@ -313,12 +313,24 @@ static int ocores_poll_wait(struct ocores_i2c *i2c)
 	/*
 	 * once we are here we expect to get the expected result immediately
 	 * so if after 1ms we timeout then something is broken.
+	 *
+	 * The polling task can be preempted at any point inside ocores_wait(),
+	 * including just before the time_after() check. If the scheduler does
+	 * not resume the task until after the 1ms deadline, ocores_wait()
+	 * returns -ETIMEDOUT even though the hardware already cleared the
+	 * status bit.
+
+	 * Re-read the status register after a timeout before declaring failure.
+	 * This avoids spurious timeout warnings under high CPU load.
 	 */
 	err = ocores_wait(i2c, OCI2C_STATUS, mask, 0, msecs_to_jiffies(1));
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
+		if ((oc_getreg(i2c, OCI2C_STATUS) & mask) == 0)
+			return 0;
 		dev_warn(i2c->adap.dev.parent,
 			 "%s: STATUS timeout, bit 0x%x did not clear in 1ms\n",
 			 __func__, mask);
+	}
 	return err;
 }
 
-- 
2.43.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-03-23 13:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-23 13:52 Martin Aberer [this message]
2026-03-23 14:34 ` [PATCH] i2c: ocores: re-check status after poll timeout to avoid false errors Christian Gmeiner
2026-03-23 15:12   ` Andrew Lunn
2026-03-24 14:05 ` [PATCH] i2c: ocores: Use read_poll_timeout_atomic to avoid false poll timeouts Martin Aberer
2026-03-26 22:34   ` Andi Shyti
2026-03-27  0:27   ` Andrew Lunn
2026-03-27 14:03     ` Andi Shyti
2026-03-27 14:05       ` Andrew Lunn

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