Re: [Linux-stm32] [PATCH v3] irqchip/stm32mp-exti: fix the unit of the hwspinlock timeout

On Fri, 2026-08-21 at 10:47 +0800, Ju Nan wrote:
> HWSPNLCK_TIMEOUT is passed to hwspin_lock_timeout_in_atomic(), whose
> timeout argument is in milliseconds, not microseconds:
> 
>   atomic_delay += HWSPINLOCK_RETRY_DELAY_US;
>   if (atomic_delay > to * 1000)
>           return -ETIMEDOUT;
> 
> So stm32mp_exti_set_type() asks for a 1 second timeout where the comment
> next to the macro says it wants 1 millisecond. The semaphore is polled
> with udelay() from a section that holds chip_data->rlock, a
> raw_spinlock_t, so preemption stays disabled for the whole wait on every
> configuration, PREEMPT_RT included.
> 
> The hwspinlock core documents this explicitly:
> 
>   If the mode is HWLOCK_IN_ATOMIC (called from an atomic context) the
>   timeout is handled with busy-waiting delays, hence shall not exceed
>   few msecs.
> 
> Fixes: 5257169ade8c ("irqchip/stm32-exti: Use the hwspin_lock_timeout_in_atomic() API")
> Reviewed-by: Radu Rendec <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Ju Nan <[email protected]>
> ---
> changelog:
> 
> v3: redefine the timeout macro with time unit on it
> v2: add "Fixes" tag suggested by Radu Rendec
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
> ---
>  drivers/irqchip/irq-stm32mp-exti.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-stm32mp-exti.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-stm32mp-exti.c
> index a24f4f1a4..ce4e03ee1 100644
> --- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-stm32mp-exti.c
> +++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-stm32mp-exti.c
> @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
>  
>  #define IRQS_PER_BANK                  32
>  
> -#define HWSPNLCK_TIMEOUT               1000 /* usec */
> +#define HWSPNLCK_TIMEOUT_MS            1
>  
>  #define EXTI_EnCIDCFGR(n)              (0x180 + (n) * 4)
>  #define EXTI_HWCFGR1                   0x3f0
> @@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ static int stm32mp_exti_set_type(struct irq_data *d, unsigned int type)
>         raw_spin_lock(&chip_data->rlock);
>  
>         if (hwlock) {
> -               err = hwspin_lock_timeout_in_atomic(hwlock, HWSPNLCK_TIMEOUT);
> +               err = hwspin_lock_timeout_in_atomic(hwlock, HWSPNLCK_TIMEOUT_MS);
>                 if (err) {
>                         pr_err("%s can't get hwspinlock (%d)\n", __func__, err);
>                         goto unlock;

Thanks!

Reviewed-by: Antonio Borneo <[email protected]>