From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Timur Tabi Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c-mpc: do not allow interruptions when waiting for I2C to complete Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:59:57 -0600 Message-ID: References: <1233928837-3401-1-git-send-email-timur@freescale.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1233928837-3401-1-git-send-email-timur-KZfg59tc24xl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-i2c-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Jean Delvare Cc: linuxppc-dev-mnsaURCQ41sdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, linux-i2c-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 8:00 AM, Timur Tabi wrote: > The i2c_wait() function is using wait_event_interruptible_timeout() to wait for > the I2C controller to signal that it has completed an I2C bus operation. If > the process that causes the I2C operation terminated abruptly, the wait will > be interrupted, returning an error. It is better to let the I2C operation > finished before the process exits. > > It is safe to use wait_event_timeout() instead, because the timeout will allow > the process to exit if the I2C bus hangs. It's also better to allow the > I2C operation to finish, because unacknowledged I2C operations can cause the > I2C bus to hang. > > Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi Jean, Could you pick up this patch for 2.6.30? -- Timur Tabi Linux kernel developer at Freescale