On 9/11/23 17:07, Yann Sionneau wrote:
> The DesignWare IP can be synthesized with the IC_EMPTYFIFO_HOLD_MASTER_EN
> parameter.
> In this case, when the TX FIFO gets empty and the last command didn't have
> the STOP bit (IC_DATA_CMD[9]), the controller will hold SCL low until
> a new command is pushed into the TX FIFO or the transfer is aborted.
>
> When the controller is holding SCL low, it cannot be disabled.
> The transfer must first be aborted.
> Also, the bus recovery won't work because SCL is held low by the master.
>
> Check if the master is holding SCL low in __i2c_dw_disable() before trying
> to disable the controller. If SCL is held low, an abort is initiated.
> When the abort is done, then proceed with disabling the controller.
>
> This whole situation can happen for instance during SMBus read data block
> if the slave just responds with "byte count == 0".
> This puts the driver in an unrecoverable state, because the controller is
> holding SCL low and the current __i2c_dw_disable() procedure is not
> working. In this situation only a SoC reset can fix the i2c bus.
>
> Co-developed-by: Jonathan Borne <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Borne <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Yann Sionneau <[email protected]>
> ---
> V3 -> V4:
> * rebase on Linux v6.6-rc1 (0bb80ec)
>
> V2 -> V3:
> * do not rename timeout variable for disabling loop
> in order to ease backports
> * replace abort loop with regmap_read_poll_timeout()
> * remove extra empty line.
>
> V1 -> V2:
> * use reverse christmas tree order for variable declarations
> * use unsigned int type instead of u32 for regmap_read
> * give its own loop to the abort procedure with its own timeout
> * print an error message if the abort never finishes during the timeout
> * rename the timeout variable for the controller disabling loop
> * with the usleep_range(10, 20) it takes only 1 loop iteration.
> Without it takes 75 iterations and with udelay(1) it takes 16
> loop iterations.
>
> drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-common.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.h | 3 +++
> 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
>
Acked-by: Jarkko Nikula <[email protected]>