Re: [PATCH] mmc: change mmc_gpio_get_cd to call non-sleep gpio

[Guennadi Liakhovetski]

On Thu, 8 Aug 2013, Christian Daudt wrote:

> Given that mmc_gpio_get_cd can be called in softirq
> context (by sdhci_tasklet_card -> sdhci_card_event ->
> sdhci_do_get_cd -> mmc_gpio_get_cd ), it is necessary
> for it to use gpio_get_value instead of
> gpio_get_value_cansleep
> Note that at present sdhci_card_event gets called both
> from mmc_gpio_cd_irqt and sdhci_tasklet_card, and from
> both it gets called immediately while the actual cd
> processing is debounced to 200ms later. I think that
> the better solution might be to move the sdhci_card_event
> callback into mmc_rescan and remove it from its 2
> present locations. That way the cd related callbacks
> are aligned with the actual cd detection code. I can
> submit a follow-up patch with these mods if that sounds
> like a better way to solve this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christian Daudt <csd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

I don't think this is a right approach. It will Oops if the card-detect 
GPIO is provided by, e.g. an I2C GPIO controller. Instead the driver 
should be fixed to only call this function from a sleeping context.

Thanks
Guennadi

> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/slot-gpio.c b/drivers/mmc/core/slot-gpio.c
> index 3242351..897b298 100644
> --- a/drivers/mmc/core/slot-gpio.c
> +++ b/drivers/mmc/core/slot-gpio.c
> @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ int mmc_gpio_get_cd(struct mmc_host *host)
>  	if (!ctx || !gpio_is_valid(ctx->cd_gpio))
>  		return -ENOSYS;
>  
> -	return !gpio_get_value_cansleep(ctx->cd_gpio) ^
> +	return !gpio_get_value(ctx->cd_gpio) ^
>  		!!(host->caps2 & MMC_CAP2_CD_ACTIVE_HIGH);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(mmc_gpio_get_cd);
> -- 
> 1.7.10.4
> 
> 
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