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From: Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@grandegger•com>
To: Jan Altenberg <jan@linutronix•de>
Cc: Kurt Van Dijck <kurt.van.dijck@eia•be>,
	bhupesh.sharma@st•com, b.spranger@linutronix•de,
	netdev@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: can: c_can: TX echo
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:25:59 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D8A02F7.7050607@grandegger.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b7a5102e35a2afd04327d7b42da4e988.squirrel@www2.linutronix.de>

Hi Jan,

On 03/23/2011 02:54 PM, Jan Altenberg wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>>> So, we first invalidate the message object and afterwards we read
>>> the DLC value from the msg_cntrl (which is 0 after invalidating the
>>> message object) to account the TX bytes. So tx_bytes will always be
>>> 0.  The fix should be easy, I think, we can just move
>>> c_can_inval_msg_object to the end of that loop.

This means that "ifconfig" will report *0* TX Bytes!?

>> IMO, it looks necessary to call c_can_inval_msg_object inside the if
>> (), after it has been transmitted. Otherwise, if for some other (TX)
>> reason you get in this loop, you may clear a pending transmission?
>> Again, I haven't read this one's datasheet. I was familiar with its
>> predecessor.
> 
> I tried to check, but the datasheet is a bit unclear regarding that
> point ;-) My interpretation is, that c_can_inval_msg_object()
> shouldn't affect the txrqst bit, but nevertheless calling it inside
> the if() statement would make the code more readable.
> 
> I can prepare a patch, but I'd like to wait for Wolfgang's / Bupesh's
> feedback.

I'm following the discussion and as I'm not familiar with that chip, I'm
waiting for Bupesh's answer as well... before I start digging. You can
also have a look to the pch_can driver, which is C_CAN based as well.

Wolfgang.

  reply	other threads:[~2011-03-23 14:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-22 15:59 can: c_can: TX handling Jan Altenberg
2011-03-23  8:51 ` can: c_can: TX echo Kurt Van Dijck
2011-03-23 13:54   ` Jan Altenberg
2011-03-23 14:25     ` Wolfgang Grandegger [this message]
2011-03-23 14:52       ` Jan Altenberg
2011-03-23  8:53 ` can: c_can: TX delivery Kurt Van Dijck
2011-03-23 15:32   ` Jan Altenberg
2011-03-23 15:49     ` Kurt Van Dijck
2011-03-24 10:02     ` Marc Kleine-Budde
2011-03-24  4:18 ` c_can: TX handling Bhupesh SHARMA
2011-03-24 10:56   ` Jan Altenberg
2011-03-24  5:43 ` Bhupesh SHARMA
2011-03-24 10:38   ` [PATCH] can: c_can: Fix tx_bytes accounting Jan Altenberg
2011-03-24 10:00     ` Wolfgang Grandegger
2011-03-24 11:26       ` [PATCH resend] " Jan Altenberg
2011-03-24 10:49         ` Kurt Van Dijck
     [not found]           ` <20110324104925.GB339-MxZ6Iy/zr/UdbCeoMzGj59i2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2011-03-24 11:49             ` Wolfgang Grandegger
     [not found]               ` <4D8B2FAF.5040000-5Yr1BZd7O62+XT7JhA+gdA@public.gmane.org>
2011-03-28  1:24                 ` David Miller

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