On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:53:48AM +0300, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> From: Paul Walmsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> omap_i2c_idle() sets an internal flag, "dev->idle", instructing its
> ISR to decline interrupts.  It sets this flag before it actually masks
> the interrupts on the I2C controller.  This is problematic, since an
> I2C interrupt could arrive after dev->idle is set, but before the
> interrupt source is masked.  When this happens, Linux disables the I2C
> controller's IRQ, causing all future transactions on the bus to fail.
> 
> Symptoms, happening on about 7% of boots:
> 
>    irq 56: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)
>    <warning traceback here>
>    Disabling IRQ #56
>    i2c_omap i2c_omap.1: controller timed out
> 
> In omap_i2c_idle(), this patch sets dev->idle only after the interrupt
> mask write to the I2C controller has left the ARM write buffer.
> That's probably the major offender.  For additional prophylaxis, in
> omap_i2c_unidle(), the patch clears the dev->idle flag before
> interrupts are enabled, rather than afterwards.
> 
> The patch has survived twenty-two reboots on the 3430SDP here without
> wedging I2C1.  Not absolutely dispositive, but promising!

that looks ok.
 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Walmsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Signed-off-by: Tony Lindgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> ---
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c |   10 ++++++++--
>  1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
> index cfb76f5..a06ad42 100644
> --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
> +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
> @@ -181,22 +181,28 @@ static void omap_i2c_unidle(struct omap_i2c_dev *dev)
>       if (dev->iclk != NULL)
>               clk_enable(dev->iclk);
>       clk_enable(dev->fclk);
> +     dev->idle = 0;
>       if (dev->iestate)
>               omap_i2c_write_reg(dev, OMAP_I2C_IE_REG, dev->iestate);
> -     dev->idle = 0;
>  }
>  
>  static void omap_i2c_idle(struct omap_i2c_dev *dev)
>  {
>       u16 iv;
>  
> -     dev->idle = 1;
>       dev->iestate = omap_i2c_read_reg(dev, OMAP_I2C_IE_REG);
>       omap_i2c_write_reg(dev, OMAP_I2C_IE_REG, 0);
>       if (dev->rev1)
>               iv = omap_i2c_read_reg(dev, OMAP_I2C_IV_REG);   /* Read clears 
> */
>       else
>               omap_i2c_write_reg(dev, OMAP_I2C_STAT_REG, dev->iestate);
> +     /*
> +      * The wmb() is to ensure that the I2C interrupt mask write
> +      * reaches the I2C controller before the dev->idle store
> +      * occurs.
> +      */
> +     wmb();
> +     dev->idle = 1;
>       clk_disable(dev->fclk);
>       if (dev->iclk != NULL)
>               clk_disable(dev->iclk);
> -- 
> 1.5.6.rc3.21.g8c6b5
> 
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