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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: thesven73@gmail.com
Cc: svendev@arcx.com, "Rob Herring" <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH anybus v3 4/6] bus: support HMS Anybus-S bus
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2018 17:54:10 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAK8P3a1q-09=5z4KZPWdpT-T=Tg244HpyN1Cd5=0pDGkQV7aPA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGngYiXEsg-6MXK60s8gOq2d8LGq+USTk1FC3GYqy2TQheaxHg@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 4:47 PM Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 9:07 AM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> > I see this is called from the interrupt handler at the moment, which
> > means you cannot call sleeping functions, but it also means that
> > the timeout may never happen because the timer tick IRQ cannot
> > get through. That means you may have to change the irq handler
> > logic, e.g. to try this a few times but then defer to a bottom half
> > if it fails for a long time.
>
> Touche ! Yes, this is very likely a big problem.
>
> What if I converted the interrupt handler into a threaded interrupt handler?
> That would allow the timer tick to get through, correct?

Yes, with a threaded IRQ handler, the tick comes through, and you can
use a sleeping function to back off between the retries.

        Arnd

  reply	other threads:[~2018-11-08 16:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-11-04 15:54 [PATCH anybus v3 0/6] Support HMS Profinet Card over Anybus thesven73
2018-11-04 15:54 ` [PATCH anybus v3 1/6] misc: support the Arcx anybus bridge thesven73
2018-11-05 21:20   ` Rob Herring
2018-11-05 21:50     ` Sven Van Asbroeck
2018-11-06 13:58       ` Rob Herring
2018-11-06 14:45         ` Sven Van Asbroeck
2018-11-06 18:30           ` Rob Herring
2018-11-06 20:05             ` Sven Van Asbroeck
2018-11-08 13:40               ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-11-04 15:54 ` [PATCH anybus v3 2/6] dt-bindings: Add vendor prefix for arcx / Archronix thesven73
2018-11-04 15:57   ` Andreas Färber
2018-11-05 20:44   ` Rob Herring
2018-11-04 15:54 ` [PATCH anybus v3 3/6] dt-bindings: anybus-bridge: document devicetree binding thesven73
2018-11-05 20:45   ` Rob Herring
2018-11-04 15:54 ` [PATCH anybus v3 4/6] bus: support HMS Anybus-S bus thesven73
2018-11-08 14:07   ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-11-08 15:47     ` Sven Van Asbroeck
2018-11-08 16:54       ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2018-11-09 16:25     ` Sven Van Asbroeck
2018-11-09 21:03       ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-11-10 10:55         ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-11-12 16:23     ` Sven Van Asbroeck
2018-11-04 15:55 ` [PATCH anybus v3 5/6] dt-bindings: anybuss-host: document devicetree binding thesven73
2018-11-08 14:11   ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-11-08 14:21     ` Sven Van Asbroeck
2018-11-08 14:27       ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-11-12 18:05         ` Sven Van Asbroeck
2018-11-04 15:55 ` [PATCH anybus v3 6/6] misc: support HMS Profinet IRT industrial controller thesven73
2018-11-08 14:20   ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-11-08 15:35     ` Sven Van Asbroeck
2018-11-08 16:52       ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-11-09 16:02 ` [PATCH anybus v3 0/6] Support HMS Profinet Card over Anybus Sven Van Asbroeck
2018-11-09 21:22   ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-11-09 21:46     ` Sven Van Asbroeck
2018-11-09 22:32       ` Arnd Bergmann

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