Re: [PATCH V2] i2c: designware: fix race between subsequent xfers

[Christian Ruppert]

On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 04:37:41PM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 07, 2013 at 10:51:23AM +0200, Christian Ruppert wrote:
> [...]
> > +	/*
> > +	 * We must disable the adapter before unlocking the &dev->lock mutex
> > +	 * below. Otherwise the hardware might continue generating interrupts
> > +	 * which in turn causes a race condition with the following transfer.
> 
> I added "Needs some more investigation if the additional interrupts are
> a hardware bug or this driver doesn't handle them correctly yet." to the
> comment and

Good idea, thanks.

> Applied to for-next, thanks!
> 
> BTW since I am currently here: i2c-designware-core should be in the
> 'algos' directory, no?

At the risk of passing for a complete moron: What exactly is the
difference between I2C algos and I2C bus drivers?

Greetings,
  Christian

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