Re: [PATCH] i2c: stm32: Fixes multibyte transfer for STM32F4 I2C controller

["Radosław Pietrzyk" <radoslaw.pietrzyk@gmail.com>]

It looks like there is a use case when IRQ handler is delayed a bit
and the logic in the driver does not work. What is the real root cause
I don't know.

2017-10-12 11:31 GMT+02:00 Pierre Yves MORDRET <pierre-yves.mordret@st.com>:
>
>
> On 10/11/2017 01:53 PM, Radoslaw Pietrzyk wrote:
>>       Do not read data on RXNE but on BTF only due to HW
>>       synchronisation problems and NACKing read data too early.
>>       It was found during testing of stmpe811 touchscreen driver.
>>
>
> Would you mind to explain what is behind "hw sync issue" you've seen ?
>
>> Signed-off-by: Radoslaw Pietrzyk <radoslaw.pietrzyk@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-stm32f4.c | 11 +----------
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 10 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-stm32f4.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-stm32f4.c
>> index 4ec1084..86bcf4c 100644
>> --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-stm32f4.c
>> +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-stm32f4.c
>> @@ -409,16 +409,9 @@ static void stm32f4_i2c_handle_read(struct stm32f4_i2c_dev *i2c_dev)
>>        * So, here we just disable buffer interrupt in order to avoid another
>>        * system preemption due to RX not empty event.
>>        */
>> -     case 2:
>> -     case 3:
>> +     default:
>>               stm32f4_i2c_clr_bits(reg, STM32F4_I2C_CR2_ITBUFEN);
>>               break;
>> -     /*
>> -      * For N byte reception with N > 3 we directly read data register
>> -      * until N-2 data.
>> -      */
>> -     default:
>> -             stm32f4_i2c_read_msg(i2c_dev);
>>       }
>>  }
>>
>> @@ -470,8 +463,6 @@ static void stm32f4_i2c_handle_rx_done(struct stm32f4_i2c_dev *i2c_dev)
>>                */
>>               reg = i2c_dev->base + STM32F4_I2C_CR1;
>>               stm32f4_i2c_clr_bits(reg, STM32F4_I2C_CR1_ACK);
>> -             stm32f4_i2c_read_msg(i2c_dev);
>> -             break;
>>       default:
>>               stm32f4_i2c_read_msg(i2c_dev);
>>       }
>>