Re: [PATCH] iio: proximity: rfd77402: Fix completion race condition in IRQ mode
From: Jonathan Cameron
Date: Sat Mar 07 2026 - 12:07:57 EST
On Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:14:32 +0800
Felix Gu <ustc.gu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In IRQ mode, the completion was being reinitialized after the
> measurement command had already been sent to the hardware. This
> created a race condition where the IRQ handler could call complete()
> before reinit_completion() was executed. Consequently,
> wait_for_completion_timeout() would fail to see the signal and wait
> until it timed out.
>
> Move reinit_completion() to occur before the measurement command is
> triggered to ensure the synchronization primitive is ready to
> capture the interrupt.
>
> Fixes: dc81be96a73a ("iio: proximity: rfd77402: Add interrupt handling support")
> Signed-off-by: Felix Gu <ustc.gu@xxxxxxxxx>
Looks good to me. Shrikant, you know this driver better than I do so if you
can take a look as well that would be great.
Thanks,
J
> ---
> drivers/iio/proximity/rfd77402.c | 7 ++++---
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/proximity/rfd77402.c b/drivers/iio/proximity/rfd77402.c
> index 6afdbfca3e5a..81b8daf17a54 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/proximity/rfd77402.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/proximity/rfd77402.c
> @@ -173,10 +173,8 @@ static int rfd77402_wait_for_result(struct rfd77402_data *data)
> struct i2c_client *client = data->client;
> int val, ret;
>
> - if (data->irq_en) {
> - reinit_completion(&data->completion);
> + if (data->irq_en)
> return rfd77402_wait_for_irq(data);
> - }
>
> /*
> * As per RFD77402 datasheet section '3.1.1 Single Measure', the
> @@ -204,6 +202,9 @@ static int rfd77402_measure(struct rfd77402_data *data)
> if (ret < 0)
> return ret;
>
> + if (data->irq_en)
> + reinit_completion(&data->completion);
> +
> ret = i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, RFD77402_CMD_R,
> RFD77402_CMD_SINGLE |
> RFD77402_CMD_VALID);
>
> ---
> base-commit: c025f6cf4209e1542ec2afebe49f42bbaf1a5c7b
> change-id: 20260304-77402-ec479de1b9f6
>
> Best regards,