Re: [PATCH v1 2/3] spi: geni-qcom: Fix abort sequence execution for serial engine errors

From: Konrad Dybcio

Date: Thu Jan 29 2026 - 06:49:17 EST


On 1/28/26 5:22 PM, Praveen Talari wrote:
> HI Konrad,
>
> Thank you for review.
>
> On 1/27/2026 6:47 PM, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
>> On 1/22/26 4:10 PM, Praveen Talari wrote:
>>> The driver currently skips the abort sequence for target mode when serial
>>> engine errors occur. This leads to improper error recovery as the serial
>>> engine may remain in an undefined state without proper cleanup, potentially
>>> causing subsequent operations to fail or behave unpredictably.
>>>
>>> Fix this by ensuring the abort sequence and DMA reset always execute during
>>> error recovery, as both are required for proper serial engine error
>>> handling.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Praveen Talari <praveen.talari@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>   drivers/spi/spi-geni-qcom.c | 3 ++-
>>>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-geni-qcom.c b/drivers/spi/spi-geni-qcom.c
>>> index f5d05025b196..e5320e2fb834 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/spi/spi-geni-qcom.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-geni-qcom.c
>>> @@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static void handle_se_timeout(struct spi_controller *spi,
>>>            * doesn`t support CMD Cancel sequnece
>>>            */
>>>           spin_unlock_irq(&mas->lock);
>>> -        goto reset_if_dma;
>>> +        goto abort;
>>>       }
>>>         reinit_completion(&mas->cancel_done);
>>> @@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ static void handle_se_timeout(struct spi_controller *spi,
>>>       if (time_left)
>>>           goto reset_if_dma;
>>>   +abort:
>>>       spin_lock_irq(&mas->lock);
>>
>> Now that the jump is just 5 LoC, you can dispose of the goto and change it
>> to an if-statement
>
> Is the modification below good?
>
> diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-geni-qcom.c b/drivers/spi/spi-geni-qcom.c
> index f5d05025b196..4feaf24d47ea 100644
> --- a/drivers/spi/spi-geni-qcom.c
> +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-geni-qcom.c
> @@ -167,16 +167,15 @@ static void handle_se_timeout(struct spi_controller *spi,
>                  * doesn`t support CMD Cancel sequnece
>                  */
>                 spin_unlock_irq(&mas->lock);
> -               goto reset_if_dma;
> -       }
> -
> -       reinit_completion(&mas->cancel_done);
> -       geni_se_cancel_m_cmd(se);
> -       spin_unlock_irq(&mas->lock);
> +       } else {
> +               reinit_completion(&mas->cancel_done);
> +               geni_se_cancel_m_cmd(se);
> +               spin_unlock_irq(&mas->lock);
>
> -       time_left = wait_for_completion_timeout(&mas->cancel_done, HZ);
> -       if (time_left)
> -               goto reset_if_dma;
> +               time_left = wait_for_completion_timeout(&mas->cancel_done, HZ);
> +               if (time_left)
> +                       goto reset_if_dma;
> +       }
>
>         spin_lock_irq(&mas->lock);
>         reinit_completion(&mas->abort_done);

I think we can make it even shorter:

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-geni-qcom.c b/drivers/spi/spi-geni-qcom.c
index 231fd31de048..59567ef6759e 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-geni-qcom.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-geni-qcom.c
@@ -161,25 +161,20 @@ static void handle_se_timeout(struct spi_controller *spi,
xfer = mas->cur_xfer;
mas->cur_xfer = NULL;

- if (spi->target) {
- /*
- * skip CMD Cancel sequnece since spi target
- * doesn`t support CMD Cancel sequnece
- */
+ /* The controller doesn't support the Cancel commnand in target mode */
+ if (!spi->target) {
+ reinit_completion(&mas->cancel_done);
+ geni_se_cancel_m_cmd(se);
+
spin_unlock_irq(&mas->lock);
- goto abort;
+
+ time_left = wait_for_completion_timeout(&mas->cancel_done, HZ);
+ if (time_left)
+ goto reset_if_dma;
+
+ spin_lock_irq(&mas->lock);
}

- reinit_completion(&mas->cancel_done);
- geni_se_cancel_m_cmd(se);
- spin_unlock_irq(&mas->lock);
-
- time_left = wait_for_completion_timeout(&mas->cancel_done, HZ);
- if (time_left)
- goto reset_if_dma;
-
-abort:
- spin_lock_irq(&mas->lock);
reinit_completion(&mas->abort_done);
geni_se_abort_m_cmd(se);
spin_unlock_irq(&mas->lock);


Konrad