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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2018-02-04 10:57:43 -0800 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2018-02-04 10:57:43 -0800 |
commit | 4141cf676b9e345d3ddeb1710dd3156a09c50244 (patch) | |
tree | 4b2b6249e99efdd47eafa5780f106d593f64708b /Documentation/i2c/gpio-fault-injection | |
parent | 3462ac57033e79a87dbae2497773f22b9c536fbc (diff) | |
parent | e38c85644e11c6dc5a39305c96b617f63403423d (diff) |
Merge branch 'i2c/for-4.16' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wsa/linux
Pull i2c updates from Wolfram Sang:
"I2C has the following changes for you:
- new flag to mark DMA safe buffers in i2c_msg. Also, some
infrastructure around it. And docs.
- huge refactoring of the at24 driver led by the new maintainer
Bartosz
- update I2C bus recovery to send STOP after recovery
- conversion from gpio to gpiod for I2C bus recovery
- adding a fault-injector to the i2c-gpio driver
- lots of small driver improvements, and bigger ones to
i2c-sh_mobile"
* 'i2c/for-4.16' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wsa/linux: (99 commits)
i2c: mv64xxx: Add myself as maintainer for this driver
i2c: mv64xxx: Fix clock resource by adding an optional bus clock
i2c: mv64xxx: Remove useless test before clk_disable_unprepare
i2c: mxs: use true and false for boolean values
i2c: meson: update doc description to fix build warnings
i2c: meson: add configurable divider factors
dt-bindings: i2c: update documentation for the Meson-AXG
i2c: imx-lpi2c: add runtime pm support
i2c: rcar: fix some trivial typos in comments
i2c: davinci: fix the cpufreq transition
i2c: rk3x: add proper kerneldoc header
i2c: rk3x: account for const type of of_device_id.data
i2c: acorn: remove outdated path from file header
i2c: acorn: add MODULE_LICENSE tag
i2c: rcar: implement bus recovery
i2c: send STOP after successful bus recovery
i2c: ensure SDA is released in recovery if SDA is controllable
i2c: add 'set_sda' to bus_recovery_info
i2c: add identifier in declarations for i2c_bus_recovery
i2c: make kerneldoc about bus recovery more precise
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/i2c/gpio-fault-injection')
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diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/gpio-fault-injection b/Documentation/i2c/gpio-fault-injection new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..e0c4f775e239 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/i2c/gpio-fault-injection @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +Linux I2C fault injection +========================= + +The GPIO based I2C bus master driver can be configured to provide fault +injection capabilities. It is then meant to be connected to another I2C bus +which is driven by the I2C bus master driver under test. The GPIO fault +injection driver can create special states on the bus which the other I2C bus +master driver should handle gracefully. + +Once the Kconfig option I2C_GPIO_FAULT_INJECTOR is enabled, there will be an +'i2c-fault-injector' subdirectory in the Kernel debugfs filesystem, usually +mounted at /sys/kernel/debug. There will be a separate subdirectory per GPIO +driven I2C bus. Each subdirectory will contain files to trigger the fault +injection. They will be described now along with their intended use-cases. + +"scl" +----- + +By reading this file, you get the current state of SCL. By writing, you can +change its state to either force it low or to release it again. So, by using +"echo 0 > scl" you force SCL low and thus, no communication will be possible +because the bus master under test will not be able to clock. It should detect +the condition of SCL being unresponsive and report an error to the upper +layers. + +"sda" +----- + +By reading this file, you get the current state of SDA. By writing, you can +change its state to either force it low or to release it again. So, by using +"echo 0 > sda" you force SDA low and thus, data cannot be transmitted. The bus +master under test should detect this condition and trigger a bus recovery (see +I2C specification version 4, section 3.1.16) using the helpers of the Linux I2C +core (see 'struct bus_recovery_info'). However, the bus recovery will not +succeed because SDA is still pinned low until you manually release it again +with "echo 1 > sda". A test with an automatic release can be done with the +'incomplete_transfer' file. + +"incomplete_transfer" +--------------------- + +This file is write only and you need to write the address of an existing I2C +client device to it. Then, a transfer to this device will be started, but it +will stop at the ACK phase after the address of the client has been +transmitted. Because the device will ACK its presence, this results in SDA +being pulled low by the device while SCL is high. So, similar to the "sda" file +above, the bus master under test should detect this condition and try a bus +recovery. This time, however, it should succeed and the device should release +SDA after toggling SCL. Please note: there are I2C client devices which detect +a stuck SDA on their side and release it on their own after a few milliseconds. +Also, there are external devices deglitching and monitoring the I2C bus. They +can also detect a stuck SDA and will init a bus recovery on their own. If you +want to implement bus recovery in a bus master driver, make sure you checked +your hardware setup carefully before. |