misc: ds1682: Ignore update-in-progress ETC reads
authorThomas VanSelus <tvanselus@xes-inc.com>
Fri, 22 Dec 2017 16:51:23 +0000 (10:51 -0600)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Tue, 9 Jan 2018 16:03:57 +0000 (17:03 +0100)
commit066ed427125eccaab5c0e56cce85d0cff4ee82a4
tree4ef94b124cc2a03a698407a366c3618a5a6dad3b
parent2fa065fde217a39987f8931cb800e511fa5178e4
misc: ds1682: Ignore update-in-progress ETC reads

The Elapsed Time Counter (ETC) registers are not buffered for reading.
If a 250ms tick occurs while data is being read out, the result can be
a combination of old and new values. This can occur at the byte level
(giving a time in the future) or the individual bit level (giving a
time in the past). We catch both these cases by reading until we get
two equal or consecutive values. After five unsuccessful attempts we
give up.

Signed-off-by: Thomas VanSelus <tvanselus@xes-inc.com>
Signed-off-by: Aaron Sierra <asierra@xes-inc.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/misc/ds1682.c