Re: [PATCH 6/6] i3c: master: svc: fix random hot join failure since timeout error

From: Miquel Raynal
Date: Tue Oct 17 2023 - 11:07:54 EST


Hi Frank,

Frank.li@xxxxxxx wrote on Tue, 17 Oct 2023 10:45:14 -0400:

> On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 04:33:35PM +0200, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> > Hi Frank,
> >
> > Frank.Li@xxxxxxx wrote on Mon, 16 Oct 2023 11:32:32 -0400:
> >
> > > master side report:
> > > silvaco-i3c-master 44330000.i3c-master: Error condition: MSTATUS 0x020090c7, MERRWARN 0x00100000
> > >
> > > BIT 20: TIMEOUT error
> > > The module has stalled too long in a frame. This happens when:
> > > - The TX FIFO or RX FIFO is not handled and the bus is stuck in the
> > > middle of a message,
> > > - No STOP was issued and between messages,
> > > - IBI manual is used and no decision was made.
> > > The maximum stall period is 10 KHz or 100 μs.
> > >
> > > This is a just warning. System irq thread schedule latency is possible
> >
> > can be bigger
> > > bigger than 100us. Just omit this waring.
> >
> > I'm not sure this is the correct approach. It's a real issue but there
> > is not much we can do about it. Perhaps dev_err is too high, but I
> > would not entirely drop this message. Maybe a comment and turning the
> > message into a dbg printk would be more appropriate?
>
> The key is not message. It return true, means IBI/HJ thread will not run.

But why should the workers run if it's too late?

Thanks,
Miquèl