[Linux-stm32] [PATCH] i2c: i2c-stm32f7: fix a race in slave mode with arbitration loss irq

[Wolfram Sang]

On Tue, Oct 01, 2019 at 10:51:09AM +0200, Fabrice Gasnier wrote:
> When in slave mode, an arbitration loss (ARLO) may be detected before the
> slave had a chance to detect the stop condition (STOPF in ISR).
> This is seen when two master + slave adapters switch their roles. It
> provokes the i2c bus to be stuck, busy as SCL line is stretched.
> - the I2C_SLAVE_STOP event is never generated due to STOPF flag is set but
>   don't generate an irq (race with ARLO irq, STOPIE is masked). STOPF flag
>   remains set until next master xfer (e.g. when STOPIE irq get unmasked).
>   In this case, completion is generated too early: immediately upon new
>   transfer request (then it doesn't send all data).
> - Some data get stuck in TXDR register. As a consequence, the controller
>   stretches the SCL line: the bus gets busy until a future master transfer
>   triggers the bus busy / recovery mechanism (this can take time... and
>   may never happen at all)
> 
> So choice is to let the STOPF being detected by the slave isr handler,
> to properly handle this stop condition. E.g. don't mask IRQs in error
> handler, when the slave is running.
> 
> Fixes: 60d609f30de2 ("i2c: i2c-stm32f7: Add slave support")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fabrice Gasnier <fabrice.gasnier at st.com>

Applied to for-current, thanks!

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