On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 05:53:05PM +0200, Daniel Baluta wrote:
> Sending this as an RFC because I don't know if style fixes are appropriate
> for this driver and also not sure if deadlock fix is the best solution.
> 
> I2C people should only look at patches 8/9 and 9/9.
> 
> The mpu6050 accel+gyro combo has an auxiliary I2C bus, allowing for
> an auxiliary sensor to be connected (eg. a magnetometer).
> 
> The mpu can either act as an I2C master (functionality not currently
> implemented in the driver) or it can use a bypass multiplexer which
> directly connects the auxiliary I2C bus pins to the main I2C bus pins [1]
> Currently the driver implements the bypass mode via an I2C mux.
> 
> This patchset fixes a deadlock in inv-mpu6050 IMU which happens when
> magnetometer (on auxiliary I2C bus) runs in parallel with accel or gyro.
> 
> First 7 patches do some cleanup in order to make INV MPU6050 code easier
> to read.
> 
> Patch number 8 allows passing NULL select callbacks to i2c_mux_master_xfer
> and i2c_mux_smbus_xfer.
> 
> Patch number 9 actually fixes the deadlock.

We recently had a bigger patch series fixing locking problems related to
muxes. I sadly didn't have the time to review it. Can you have a look if
it helps your case?

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.i2c/26169

Thanks,

   Wolfram