i2c: mv64xxx: work around signals causing I2C transactions to be aborted
authorRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Thu, 16 May 2013 10:30:59 +0000 (10:30 +0000)
committerWolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>
Fri, 17 May 2013 20:49:37 +0000 (22:49 +0200)
Do not use interruptible waits in an I2C driver; if a process uses
signals (eg, Xorg uses SIGALRM and SIGPIPE) then these signals can
cause the I2C driver to abort a transaction in progress by another
driver, which can cause that driver to fail.  I2C drivers are not
expected to abort transactions on signals.

Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>
drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mv64xxx.c

index 3bbd65d..1a3abd6 100644 (file)
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ mv64xxx_i2c_do_action(struct mv64xxx_i2c_data *drv_data)
                writel(drv_data->cntl_bits,
                        drv_data->reg_base + MV64XXX_I2C_REG_CONTROL);
                drv_data->block = 0;
-               wake_up_interruptible(&drv_data->waitq);
+               wake_up(&drv_data->waitq);
                break;
 
        case MV64XXX_I2C_ACTION_CONTINUE:
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ mv64xxx_i2c_do_action(struct mv64xxx_i2c_data *drv_data)
                writel(drv_data->cntl_bits | MV64XXX_I2C_REG_CONTROL_STOP,
                        drv_data->reg_base + MV64XXX_I2C_REG_CONTROL);
                drv_data->block = 0;
-               wake_up_interruptible(&drv_data->waitq);
+               wake_up(&drv_data->waitq);
                break;
 
        case MV64XXX_I2C_ACTION_INVALID:
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ mv64xxx_i2c_do_action(struct mv64xxx_i2c_data *drv_data)
                writel(drv_data->cntl_bits | MV64XXX_I2C_REG_CONTROL_STOP,
                        drv_data->reg_base + MV64XXX_I2C_REG_CONTROL);
                drv_data->block = 0;
-               wake_up_interruptible(&drv_data->waitq);
+               wake_up(&drv_data->waitq);
                break;
        }
 }
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ mv64xxx_i2c_wait_for_completion(struct mv64xxx_i2c_data *drv_data)
        unsigned long   flags;
        char            abort = 0;
 
-       time_left = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(drv_data->waitq,
+       time_left = wait_event_timeout(drv_data->waitq,
                !drv_data->block, drv_data->adapter.timeout);
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&drv_data->lock, flags);