Re: [PATCH 3/8] i2c: i2c-bfin-twi: Break dead waiting loop if i2cdevice misbehaves.

[Mike Frysinger]

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:20 AM, Shubhrajyoti Datta
<omaplinuxkernel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Â<sonic.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> From: Sonic Zhang <sonic.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Some fault i2c device may hold the sda/scl line and cause i2c driver
>> wait in the BUS busy loop. This patch breaks this potential dead
>> loop.
>
> How about using a non-busy loop while you are at it.

the timings here are fairly small ...
-mike
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