[ 38/38] i2c-algo-bit: Fix spurious SCL timeouts under heavy load

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Mar 16 2012 - 19:52:10 EST


3.0-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Ville Syrjala <syrjala@xxxxxx>

commit 8ee161ce5e0cfc689eb677f227a6248191165fac upstream.

When the system is under heavy load, there can be a significant delay
between the getscl() and time_after() calls inside sclhi(). That delay
may cause the time_after() check to trigger after SCL has gone high,
causing sclhi() to return -ETIMEDOUT.

To fix the problem, double check that SCL is still low after the
timeout has been reached, before deciding to return -ETIMEDOUT.

Signed-off-by: Ville Syrjala <syrjala@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.c
@@ -103,8 +103,14 @@ static int sclhi(struct i2c_algo_bit_dat
* chips may hold it low ("clock stretching") while they
* are processing data internally.
*/
- if (time_after(jiffies, start + adap->timeout))
+ if (time_after(jiffies, start + adap->timeout)) {
+ /* Test one last time, as we may have been preempted
+ * between last check and timeout test.
+ */
+ if (getscl(adap))
+ break;
return -ETIMEDOUT;
+ }
cond_resched();
}
#ifdef DEBUG


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