Re: [PATCH v6 2/5] i2c: core: run atomic i2c xfer when !preemptible

From: Nishanth Menon
Date: Wed Jun 14 2023 - 20:06:19 EST


On 21:03-20230509, Benjamin Bara wrote:
> From: Benjamin Bara <benjamin.bara@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Since bae1d3a05a8b, i2c transfers are non-atomic if preemption is
> disabled. However, non-atomic i2c transfers require preemption (e.g. in
> wait_for_completion() while waiting for the DMA).
>
> panic() calls preempt_disable_notrace() before calling
> emergency_restart(). Therefore, if an i2c device is used for the
> restart, the xfer should be atomic. This avoids warnings like:
>
> [ 12.667612] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 1 at kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:318 rcu_note_context_switch+0x33c/0x6b0
> [ 12.676926] Voluntary context switch within RCU read-side critical section!
> ...
> [ 12.742376] schedule_timeout from wait_for_completion_timeout+0x90/0x114
> [ 12.749179] wait_for_completion_timeout from tegra_i2c_wait_completion+0x40/0x70
> ...
> [ 12.994527] atomic_notifier_call_chain from machine_restart+0x34/0x58
> [ 13.001050] machine_restart from panic+0x2a8/0x32c
>
> Use !preemptible() instead, which is basically the same check as
> pre-v5.2.
>
> Fixes: bae1d3a05a8b ("i2c: core: remove use of in_atomic()")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v5.2+
> Suggested-by: Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Bara <benjamin.bara@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/i2c/i2c-core.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.h b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.h
> index 1247e6e6e975..05b8b8dfa9bd 100644
> --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.h
> +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.h
> @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ int i2c_dev_irq_from_resources(const struct resource *resources,
> */
> static inline bool i2c_in_atomic_xfer_mode(void)
> {
> - return system_state > SYSTEM_RUNNING && irqs_disabled();
> + return system_state > SYSTEM_RUNNING && !preemptible();
> }
>
> static inline int __i2c_lock_bus_helper(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
>
> --
> 2.34.1
>
Tested-by: Nishanth Menon <nm@xxxxxx>

This in addition to a deeper bug in our driver seems to have helped
resolve a report we had been looking at. Tested on beagleplay platform

https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZGeHMjlnob2GFyHF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

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Nishanth Menon
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