Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] i3c: dw: Add sysfs support for Device NACK Retry count

From: Ng, Adrian Ho Yin
Date: Mon Nov 24 2025 - 22:20:19 EST


On 11/25/2025 1:59 AM, Frank Li wrote:

+
+ master->dev_nack_retry_cnt = val;
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&master->devs_lock, flags);

I think you'd better to hold i3c_bus_maintenance_lock() lock to make
sure not transfer on going.

Frank
Hi Frank

i3c_bus_maintenance_lock is a static function in master.c. So should i update it and expose a public helper to take the maintenance lock or continue using the existing spin lock to protect the DAT updates?

Thank You
Adrian
+ /*
+ * Update DAT entries for all currently attached devices.
+ * We directly iterate through the master's device array.
+ */
+ for (i = 0; i < master->maxdevs; i++) {
+ /* Skip free/empty slots */