Re: [PATCH] iio: adc: max9611: Fix too short conversion time delay

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Jacopo,

On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 10:36 AM Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 10:21:33AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > As of commit b9ddd5091160793e ("iio: adc: max9611: Fix temperature
> > reading in probe"), max9611 initialization sometimes fails on the
> > Salvator-X(S) development board with:
> >
> >     max9611 4-007f: Invalid value received from ADC 0x8000: aborting
> >     max9611: probe of 4-007f failed with error -5
> >
> > The max9611 driver tests communications with the chip by reading the die
> > temperature during the probe function, which returns an invalid value.
> >
> > According to the datasheet, the typical ADC conversion time is 2 ms, but
> > no minimum or maximum values are provided.  However, the driver assumes
> > a 1 ms conversion time.  Usually the usleep_range() call returns after
> > more than 1.8 ms, hence it succeeds.  When it returns earlier, the data
> > register may be read too early, and the previous measurement value will
> > be returned.  After boot, this is the temperature POR (power-on reset)
> > value, causing the failure above.
> >
> > Fix this by increasing the delay from 1000-2000 Âs to 2000-2200 Âs.
> >
> > Note that this issue has always been present, but it was exposed by the
> > aformentioned commit.
> >
> > Fixes: 69780a3bbc0b1e7e ("iio: adc: Add Maxim max9611 ADC driver")
> > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > This problem was exposed in v5.3.
> >
> > After this patch, probing of the two max9611 sensors succeeded during
> > ca. 3000 boot cycles on Salvator-X(S) boards, equipped with various
> > R-Car H3/M3-W/M3-N SoCs.
> > ---
> >  drivers/iio/adc/max9611.c | 11 ++++++++---
> >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/max9611.c b/drivers/iio/adc/max9611.c
> > index da073d72f649f829..b0755f25356d700d 100644
> > --- a/drivers/iio/adc/max9611.c
> > +++ b/drivers/iio/adc/max9611.c
> > @@ -89,6 +89,11 @@
> >  #define MAX9611_TEMP_SCALE_NUM               1000000
> >  #define MAX9611_TEMP_SCALE_DIV               2083
> >
> > +/*
> > + * Conversion time is 2 ms (typically)
> > + */
> > +#define MAX9611_CONV_TIME_US_RANGE   2000, 2200
> > +
>
> Is a 20% sleep range enough or should it be slightly lengthen ?

10%?

This only impacts the variation, so what really happens depends on the
rate of the hrtimer (if present).
On R-Car Gen3, I think that uses the ARM Architectured Timer (cp15),
which has a period of 120 ns.

> Apart from this, thanks a lot for finding the issue root cause!
>
> Reviewed-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo+renesas@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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