[PATCH] i2c-mpc: do not allow interruptions when waiting for I2C to complete

[Jean Delvare]

On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:59:57 -0600, Timur Tabi wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 8:00 AM, Timur Tabi <timur at freescale.com> wrote:
> > The i2c_wait() function is using wait_event_interruptible_timeout() to wait for
> > the I2C controller to signal that it has completed an I2C bus operation.  If
> > the process that causes the I2C operation terminated abruptly, the wait will
> > be interrupted, returning an error.  It is better to let the I2C operation
> > finished before the process exits.
> >
> > It is safe to use wait_event_timeout() instead, because the timeout will allow
> > the process to exit if the I2C bus hangs.  It's also better to allow the
> > I2C operation to finish, because unacknowledged I2C operations can cause the
> > I2C bus to hang.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi <timur at freescale.com>
> 
> Jean,
> 
> Could you pick up this patch for 2.6.30?

No, that's something for either Ben Dooks (Cc'd) or the powerpc tree.

-- 
Jean Delvare