From: "Li, Meng" <Meng.Li@windriver.com>
To: "Uwe Kleine-König" <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Cc: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>,
"lars@metafoo.de" <lars@metafoo.de>,
"Michael.Hennerich@analog.com" <Michael.Hennerich@analog.com>,
"pmeerw@pmeerw.net" <pmeerw@pmeerw.net>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-iio@vger.kernel.org" <linux-iio@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] driver: adc: ltc2497: return directly after reading the adc conversion value
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2021 06:43:20 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <PH0PR11MB519190E44082ED1B0B0D4C90F13B9@PH0PR11MB5191.namprd11.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210604061319.pbj5ptnhxfsz4cec@pengutronix.de>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
> Sent: Friday, June 4, 2021 2:13 PM
> To: Li, Meng <Meng.Li@windriver.com>
> Cc: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>; lars@metafoo.de;
> Michael.Hennerich@analog.com; pmeerw@pmeerw.net; linux-
> kernel@vger.kernel.org; linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver: adc: ltc2497: return directly after reading the adc
> conversion value
>
> Hello,
>
> On Fri, Jun 04, 2021 at 02:16:39AM +0000, Li, Meng wrote:
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>
> > > Sent: Friday, June 4, 2021 12:20 AM
> > > To: Li, Meng <Meng.Li@windriver.com>
> > > Cc: lars@metafoo.de; Michael.Hennerich@analog.com;
> > > pmeerw@pmeerw.net; u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de; linux-
> > > kernel@vger.kernel.org; linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver: adc: ltc2497: return directly after
> > > reading the adc conversion value
> > >
> > > [Please note: This e-mail is from an EXTERNAL e-mail address]
> > >
> > > On Tue, 1 Jun 2021 17:28:05 +0800
> > > Meng.Li@windriver.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > From: Meng Li <Meng.Li@windriver.com>
> > > >
> > > > When read adc conversion value with below command:
> > > > cat /sys/.../iio:device0/in_voltage0-voltage1_raw
> > > > There is an error reported as below:
> > > > ltc2497 0-0014: i2c transfer failed: -EREMOTEIO This i2c transfer
> > > > issue is introduced by commit 69548b7c2c4f ("iio:
> > > > adc: ltc2497: split protocol independent part in a separate module").
> > > > When extract the common code into ltc2497-core.c, it change the
> > > > code logic of function ltc2497core_read(). With wrong reading
> > > > sequence, the action of enable adc channel is sent to chip again
> > > > during adc channel is in conversion status. In this way, there is
> > > > no ack from chip, and then cause i2c transfer failed.
> > > > In order to keep the code logic is the same with original ideal,
> > > > it is need to return direct after reading the adc conversion value.
>
> As background about the choice of the .result_and_measure callback:
> A difference between the ltc2497 (i2c) and ltc2496 (spi) is that for the latter
> reading the result of the last conversion and starting a new is a single bus
> operation and the one cannot be done without the other.
>
> > > > v2:
> > > > According to ltc2497 datasheet, the max value of conversion time
> > > > is
> > > > 149.9 ms. So, add 20% to the 150msecs so that there is enough time
> > > > for data conversion.
> > >
> > > Version change logs go below the --- as we don't want to preserve
> > > them forever in the git history.
> > >
> > > I may have lost track of the discussion, but I thought the idea was
> > > that perhaps the longer time period would remove the need for the early
> return?
> > >
> >
> > No!
> > I think the ret is essential.
>
> I'd like to understand why. Currently ltc2497core_read() looks as follows
> (simplified by dropping error handling, and unrolling the result_and_measure
> callback for the i2c case):
>
> ltc2497core_wait_conv()
>
> // result_and_measure(address, NULL)
> i2c_smbus_write_byte(client, LTC2497_ENABLE | address);
>
> msleep_interruptible(LTC2497_CONVERSION_TIME_MS)
>
> // result_and_measure(address, val);
> i2c_master_recv(client, &buf, 3);
> i2c_smbus_write_byte(client, LTC2497_ENABLE | address);
>
>
> With the early return you suggest to introduce with your patch you save the
> last i2c_smbus_write_byte call. The data sheet indeed claims to start a new
> conversion at the stop condition.
>
> So either the reading of the conversion result and programming of the
> (maybe) new address has to be done in a single i2c transfer, or we have to do
> something like your patch.
>
> What I don't like about your approach is that it changes the semantic of the
> callback to result_*or*_measure which is something the spi variant cannot
> implement. With the current use of the function this is fine, however if at
> some time in the future we implement a bulk conversion shortcut this hurts.
>
> So I suggest to do:
>
> ---->8----
> From: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
> Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2021 08:02:44 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] iio: ltc2497: Fix reading conversion results
>
> After the result of the previous conversion is read the chip automatically
> starts a new conversion and doesn't accept new i2c transfers until this
> conversion is completed which makes the function return failure.
>
> So add an early return iff the programming of the new address isn't needed.
> Note this will not fix the problem in general, but all cases that are currently
> used. Once this changes we get the failure back, but this can be addressed
> when the need arises.
>
> Fixes: 69548b7c2c4f ("iio: adc: ltc2497: split protocol independent part in a
> separate module ")
> Reported-by: Meng Li <Meng.Li@windriver.com>
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
> ---
> drivers/iio/adc/ltc2497.c | 13 +++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/ltc2497.c b/drivers/iio/adc/ltc2497.c
> --- a/drivers/iio/adc/ltc2497.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/adc/ltc2497.c
> @@ -41,6 +41,19 @@ static int ltc2497_result_and_measure(struct
> ltc2497core_driverdata *ddata,
> }
>
> *val = (be32_to_cpu(st->buf) >> 14) - (1 << 17);
> +
> + /*
> + * The part started a new conversion at the end of the above
> i2c
> + * transfer, so if the address didn't change since the last call
> + * everything is fine and we can return early.
> + * If not (which should only happen when some sort of bulk
> + * conversion is implemented) we have to program the new
> + * address. Note that this probably fails as the conversion
> that
> + * was triggered above is like not complete yet and the two
> + * operations have to be done in a single transfer.
> + */
> + if (ddata->addr_prev == address)
> + return 0;
> }
>
> ret = i2c_smbus_write_byte(st->client,
>
> Compared to Meng Li's patch this doesn't introduce reporting of bogus
> conversion results once we implement bulk conversion.
>
Ok!
Understand.
I agree you to push patch to upstream and it is more reasonable that the original author to fix this issue.
Thanks,
Limeng
> Best regards
> Uwe
>
> --
> Pengutronix e.K. | Uwe Kleine-König |
> Industrial Linux Solutions | https://www.pengutronix.de/ |
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-06-04 6:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-06-01 9:28 [PATCH] driver: adc: ltc2497: return directly after reading the adc conversion value Meng.Li
2021-06-03 16:20 ` Jonathan Cameron
2021-06-04 2:16 ` Li, Meng
2021-06-04 6:13 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2021-06-04 6:43 ` Li, Meng [this message]
2021-06-04 8:20 ` Jonathan Cameron
2021-06-04 8:53 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2021-06-04 9:04 ` Li, Meng
2021-06-04 9:32 ` Uwe Kleine-König
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2021-05-12 4:57 Meng.Li
2021-05-18 17:46 ` Jonathan Cameron
2021-05-19 9:21 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2021-05-21 17:01 ` Jonathan Cameron
2021-05-24 2:49 ` Li, Meng
2021-05-25 8:19 ` Jonathan Cameron
2021-05-24 2:53 ` Li, Meng
2021-05-25 8:22 ` Felix Knopf
2021-05-25 10:36 ` Li, Meng
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