Re: [PATCH] i2c: stm32: Fixes multibyte transfer for STM32F4 I2C controller

[Pierre Yves MORDRET]

On 10/11/2017 01:53 PM, Radoslaw Pietrzyk wrote:
> 	Do not read data on RXNE but on BTF only due to HW
> 	synchronisation problems and NACKing read data too early.
> 	It was found during testing of stmpe811 touchscreen driver.
> 

Would you mind to explain what is behind "hw sync issue" you've seen ?

> Signed-off-by: Radoslaw Pietrzyk <radoslaw.pietrzyk@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-stm32f4.c | 11 +----------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-stm32f4.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-stm32f4.c
> index 4ec1084..86bcf4c 100644
> --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-stm32f4.c
> +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-stm32f4.c
> @@ -409,16 +409,9 @@ static void stm32f4_i2c_handle_read(struct stm32f4_i2c_dev *i2c_dev)
>  	 * So, here we just disable buffer interrupt in order to avoid another
>  	 * system preemption due to RX not empty event.
>  	 */
> -	case 2:
> -	case 3:
> +	default:
>  		stm32f4_i2c_clr_bits(reg, STM32F4_I2C_CR2_ITBUFEN);
>  		break;
> -	/*
> -	 * For N byte reception with N > 3 we directly read data register
> -	 * until N-2 data.
> -	 */
> -	default:
> -		stm32f4_i2c_read_msg(i2c_dev);
>  	}
>  }
>  
> @@ -470,8 +463,6 @@ static void stm32f4_i2c_handle_rx_done(struct stm32f4_i2c_dev *i2c_dev)
>  		 */
>  		reg = i2c_dev->base + STM32F4_I2C_CR1;
>  		stm32f4_i2c_clr_bits(reg, STM32F4_I2C_CR1_ACK);
> -		stm32f4_i2c_read_msg(i2c_dev);
> -		break;
>  	default:
>  		stm32f4_i2c_read_msg(i2c_dev);
>  	}
>