RE: [PATCH] spi: nxp-xspi: Use reinit_completion() for repeated operations
From: Bough Chen
Date: Wed Mar 04 2026 - 02:23:28 EST
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Felix Gu <ustc.gu@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: 2026年3月3日 21:21
> To: Han Xu <han.xu@xxxxxxx>; Bough Chen <haibo.chen@xxxxxxx>; Mark
> Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>; Frank Li <frank.li@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-spi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; imx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> Felix Gu <ustc.gu@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [PATCH] spi: nxp-xspi: Use reinit_completion() for repeated operations
>
> The driver currently calls init_completion() during every spi_mem_op.
> Tchnically it may work, but it's not the recommended pattern.
>
> According to the kernel documentation: Calling init_completion() on the same
> completion object twice is most likely a bug as it re-initializes the queue to an
> empty queue and enqueued tasks could get "lost" - use reinit_completion() in
> that case, but be aware of other races.
>
> So moves the initial initialization to probe function and uses
> reinit_completion() for subsequent perations.
Hi Felix,
Good catch, I think spi-nxp-fspi.c and spi-fsl-qspi.c also have the same issue, can you help fix?
As Frank's comment, there is one typo: perations -> operations, please fix it and feel free to add my tag in next version.
Reviewed-by: Haibo Chen <haibo.chen@xxxxxxx>
Regards
Haibo Chen
>
> Fixes: 29c8c00d9f9d ("spi: add driver for NXP XSPI controller")
> Signed-off-by: Felix Gu <ustc.gu@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/spi/spi-nxp-xspi.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-nxp-xspi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-nxp-xspi.c index
> 06fcdf22990b..7b2de5612964 100644
> --- a/drivers/spi/spi-nxp-xspi.c
> +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-nxp-xspi.c
> @@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ static int nxp_xspi_do_op(struct nxp_xspi *xspi, const
> struct spi_mem_op *op)
> writel(reg, base + XSPI_RBCT);
> }
>
> - init_completion(&xspi->c);
> + reinit_completion(&xspi->c);
>
> /* Config the data address */
> writel(op->addr.val + xspi->memmap_phy, base + XSPI_SFP_TG_SFAR); @@
> -1273,6 +1273,8 @@ static int nxp_xspi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>
> nxp_xspi_default_setup(xspi);
>
> + init_completion(&xspi->c);
> +
> ret = devm_request_irq(dev, irq,
> nxp_xspi_irq_handler, 0, pdev->name, xspi);
> if (ret)
>
> ---
> base-commit: d517cb8cea012f43b069617fc8179b45404f8018
> change-id: 20260303-spi-nxp-d70b97a8df08
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Felix Gu <ustc.gu@xxxxxxxxx>