[External] Re: [PATCH v2] i2c: aspeed: Fix i2c bus hang in slave read

[Andi Shyti]

Hi Jian,

On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 11:04:23AM -0400, Jian Zhang wrote:
> > From: "Andi Shyti"<andi.shyti at kernel.org>
> > Date:  Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 22:51
> > Subject:  [External] Re: [PATCH v2] i2c: aspeed: Fix i2c bus hang in slave read
> > To: "Jian Zhang"<zhangjian.3032 at bytedance.com>
> > Cc: <brendan.higgins at linux.dev>, <benh at kernel.crashing.org>, <joel at jms.id.au>, <andrew at aj.id.au>, <zhangjian3032 at gmail.com>, <yulei.sh at bytedance.com>, <xiexinnan at bytedance.com>, "Tommy Huang"<tommy_huang at aspeedtech.com>, "Wolfram Sang"<wsa at kernel.org>, "open list:ARM/ASPEED I2C DRIVER"<linux-i2c at vger.kernel.org>, "moderated list:ARM/ASPEED I2C DRIVER"<openbmc at lists.ozlabs.org>, "moderated list:ARM/ASPEED MACHINE SUPPORT"<linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org>, "moderated list:ARM/ASPEED MACHINE SUPPORT"<linux-aspeed at lists.ozlabs.org>, "open list"<linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org>
> > Hi Jian,
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 11:42:43PM +0800, Jian Zhang wrote:
> > > When the `CONFIG_I2C_SLAVE` option is enabled and the device operates
> > > as a slave, a situation arises where the master sends a START signal
> > > without the accompanying STOP signal. This action results in a
> > > persistent I2C bus timeout. The core issue stems from the fact that
> > > the i2c controller remains in a slave read state without a timeout
> > > mechanism. As a consequence, the bus perpetually experiences timeouts.
> > >
> > > In this case, the i2c bus will be reset, but the slave_state reset is
> > > missing.

Acked-by: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti at kernel.org> 

I checked the flow in the driver and makes sense to me. I'd also
love a last minute comment from Brendan or Benjamin or Joel.

> > > Fixes: fee465150b45 ("i2c: aspeed: Reset the i2c controller when timeout occurs")
> > > Signed-off-by: Jian Zhang <zhangjian.3032 at bytedance.com>
> >
> > Why I'm failing to find your v1 patch? And where is the
> > changelog?
> Sorry, something was missing,
> v2:
> * remove the i2c slave reset and only move the `bus->slave_state =
> ASPEED_I2C_SLAVE_INACTIVE` to the aspeed_i2c_init
> 
> [0]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20230810072155.3726352-1-zhangjian.3032@bytedance.com/T/

Thanks! I should really check my filters here.

Andi

> Jian
> >
> > Andi