Vikram Pandita <[email protected]> writes:

> There are two scenarios where a race condition could result in a hang in the
> prcm_interrupt handler:
>
> 1) Waiting for PRM_IRQSTATUS_MPU register to clear.
> Bit 0 of the PRM_IRQSTATUS_MPU register indicates that a wake-up event is
> pending for the MPU. This bit can only be cleared if the all the wake-up 
> events
> latched in the various PM_WKST_x registers have been cleared. If a wake-up 
> event
> occurred during the processing of the prcm interrupt handler, after the
> corresponding PM_WKST_x register was checked but before the PRM_IRQSTATUS_MPU
> was cleared, then the CPU would be stuck forever waiting for bit 0 in
> PRM_IRQSTATUS_MPU to be cleared.
>
> 2) Waiting for the PM_WKST_x register to clear.
> Some power domains have more than one wake-up source. The PM_WKST_x registers
> indicate the source of a wake-up event and need to be cleared after a wake-up
> event occurs. When the PM_WKST_x registers are read and before they are 
> cleared,
> it is possible that another wake-up event could occur causing another bit to 
> be
> set in one of the PM_WKST_x registers. If this did occur after reading a
> PM_WKST_x register then the CPU would miss this event and get stuck forever in
> a loop waiting for that PM_WKST_x register to clear.
>
> This patch address the above race conditions that would result in a hang.
>
> Adapted from a version posted by Jon Hunter:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg13786.html

I much prefer Jon's version, which also added some additional needed
cleanup and removed lots of code duplication, but may need some
additional tweaking to support the special-case raised in your USBHOST
patch.

Kevin

> Signed-off-by: Vikram Pandita <[email protected]>
> cc: Hunter, Jon <[email protected]>
> ---
>  arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm34xx.c |   11 +++++++++--
>  1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm34xx.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm34xx.c
> index 4cbeff1..ce34ac1 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm34xx.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm34xx.c
> @@ -200,6 +200,10 @@ static irqreturn_t prcm_interrupt_handler (int irq, void 
> *dev_id)
>       u32 wkst, irqstatus_mpu;
>       u32 fclk, iclk;
>  
> +restart:
> +     fclk = 0;
> +     iclk = 0;
> +
>       /* WKUP */
>       wkst = prm_read_mod_reg(WKUP_MOD, PM_WKST);
>       if (wkst) {
> @@ -285,8 +289,11 @@ static irqreturn_t prcm_interrupt_handler (int irq, void 
> *dev_id)
>       prm_write_mod_reg(irqstatus_mpu, OCP_MOD,
>                         OMAP3_PRM_IRQSTATUS_MPU_OFFSET);
>  
> -     while (prm_read_mod_reg(OCP_MOD, OMAP3_PRM_IRQSTATUS_MPU_OFFSET))
> -             cpu_relax();
> +     /* In case another wakep happend while in this handler,
> +      * restart the clearing process
> +      */
> +     if (prm_read_mod_reg(OCP_MOD, OMAP3_PRM_IRQSTATUS_MPU_OFFSET))
> +             goto restart;
>  
>       return IRQ_HANDLED;
>  }
> -- 
> 1.6.3.3.334.g916e1
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