[U-Boot] [PATCH] i2c: mxs_i2c: Squash endless loop

Heiko Schocher hs at denx.de
Mon Nov 4 13:18:45 CET 2013


Hello Stefano, Marek,

Am 04.11.2013 13:03, schrieb Stefano Babic:
> Hi Marek,
>
> On 04/11/2013 12:50, Marek Vasut wrote:
>> Hi Stefano,
>>
>>> Hi Marek,
>>>
>>> On 02/11/2013 18:23, Marek Vasut wrote:
>>>> +			if (!timeout) {
>>>> +				debug("MXS I2C: Failed receiving data!\n");
>>>> +				return -EINVAL;
>>>> +			}
>>>> +
>>>
>>> This is a real error and not a debug information. IMHO it should be
>>> better to print the error unconditionally with puts/printf, reporting
>>> that the timer elapsed.
>>
>> Returning -EINVAL will make the i2c stack trigger an output, so having it
>> duplicated here is pointless I believe.
>
> Agree on that. But then, should we not return -ETIMEDOUT (-110) ? We

Yes, that should be -ETIMEDOUT

> should print the error code in the i2c stack (do_i2c_read) instead of
> checking only if the return value is not null, as we do now.

Yep, printing in do_i2c_read()  the error code would be nice. Patches
are welcome :-)

bye,
Heiko
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