Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] usb: dwc2: host: Clear interrupts before handling them

[Felipe Balbi]

Hi,

Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> In general it is wise to clear interrupts before processing them.  If
> you don't do that, you can get:
>  1. Interrupt happens
>  2. You look at system state and process interrupt
>  3. A new interrupt happens
>  4. You clear interrupt without processing it.
>
> This patch was actually a first attempt to fix missing device insertions
> as described in (usb: dwc2: host: Fix missing device insertions) and it
> did solve some of the signal bouncing problems but not all of
> them (which is why I submitted the other patch).  Specifically, this
> patch itself would sometimes change:
>  1. hardware sees connect
>  2. hardware sees disconnect
>  3. hardware sees connect
>  4. dwc2_port_intr() - clears connect interrupt
>  5. dwc2_handle_common_intr() - calls dwc2_hcd_disconnect()
>
> ...to:
>  1. hardware sees connect
>  2. hardware sees disconnect
>  3. dwc2_port_intr() - clears connect interrupt
>  4. hardware sees connect
>  5. dwc2_handle_common_intr() - calls dwc2_hcd_disconnect()
>
> ...but with different timing then sometimes we'd still miss cable
> insertions.
>
> In any case, though this patch doesn't fix any (known) problems, it
> still seems wise as a general policy to clear interrupt before handling
> them.
>
> Note that for dwc2_handle_usb_port_intr(), instead of moving the clear
> of PRTINT to the beginning of the function we remove it completely.  The
> only way to clear PRTINT is to clear the sources that set it in the
> first place.
>
> Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: John Youn <johnyoun@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: John Youn <johnyoun@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

$ patch -p1 --dry-run < patch.diff
checking file drivers/usb/dwc2/core_intr.c
checking file drivers/usb/dwc2/hcd_intr.c
Hunk #4 FAILED at 365.
Hunk #5 succeeded at 388 (offset 11 lines).
1 out of 5 hunks FAILED

Care to rebase on top of my testing/next ?

-- 
balbi

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