Re: [stable] [PATCH] i2c: fix bit algorithm timeout for low values.

From: Jean Delvare
Date: Tue May 05 2009 - 02:06:35 EST


Hi Greg,

On Mon, 4 May 2009 14:53:25 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 11:42:59AM +0200, Jean Delvare wrote:
> > Hi Dave,
> >
> > On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:09:13 +1000, Dave Airlie wrote:
> > > From: Dave Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > When fetching DDC using i2c algo bit, we were often seeing timeouts
> > > before getting valid EDID on a retry. The VESA spec states 2ms is the
> > > DDC timeout, so when this translates into 1 jiffie and we are close
> > > to the end of the time period, it could return with a timeout less than
> > > 2ms.
> > >
> > > Change this code to use time_after instead of time_after_eq.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.c | 2 +-
> > > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.c b/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.c
> > > index d420cc5..e25e139 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.c
> > > @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static int sclhi(struct i2c_algo_bit_data *adap)
> > > * chips may hold it low ("clock stretching") while they
> > > * are processing data internally.
> > > */
> > > - if (time_after_eq(jiffies, start + adap->timeout))
> > > + if (time_after(jiffies, start + adap->timeout))
> > > return -ETIMEDOUT;
> > > cond_resched();
> > > }
> >
> > Applied, thanks. I agree this should go in stable.
>
> I don't see this in Linus's tree anywhere, am I just missing it?

You're correct, it's not there yet, I'll push it to Linus today. Busy
busy busy.

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Jean Delvare
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