[PATCH] mmc: sunxi: mask all Response Timeout error messages

[Icenowy Zheng]

06.03.2017, 18:04, "Maxime Ripard" <maxime.ripard at free-electrons.com>:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Mar 06, 2017 at 12:45:35AM +0800, Icenowy Zheng wrote:
>>  Response Timeout is very usual: it will happen when trying to run some
>>  commands that do not belong to the card; it will happen when some SDIO
>>  card transfer beyond its SDIO bandwidth; and when the MMC controller is
>>  set to poll the card with "broken-cd" property (the Lichee Pi series of
>>  boards do this), it will flood to the console and make the console
>>  unusable.
>>
>>  Mask all response-timeout-only error messages, only show it when another
>>  error happens.
>>
>>  Signed-off-by: Icenowy Zheng <icenowy at aosc.xyz>
>>  ---
>>   drivers/mmc/host/sunxi-mmc.c | 13 +++++++++----
>>   1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>>  diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sunxi-mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sunxi-mmc.c
>>  index 6ffcd2838272..7828e1f57cf0 100644
>>  --- a/drivers/mmc/host/sunxi-mmc.c
>>  +++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sunxi-mmc.c
>>  @@ -483,10 +483,15 @@ static void sunxi_mmc_dump_errinfo(struct sunxi_mmc_host *host)
>>           struct mmc_command *cmd = host->mrq->cmd;
>>           struct mmc_data *data = host->mrq->data;
>>
>>  - /* For some cmds timeout is normal with sd/mmc cards */
>>  - if ((host->int_sum & SDXC_INTERRUPT_ERROR_BIT) ==
>>  - SDXC_RESP_TIMEOUT && (cmd->opcode == SD_IO_SEND_OP_COND ||
>>  - cmd->opcode == SD_IO_RW_DIRECT))
>>  + /*
>>  + * Reading timeout is usually normal, especially when doing
>>  + * card-polling with "broken-cd" in device tree.
>>  + * If do not mask it, the RTO error message will flood the console
>>  + * and even hide useful error messages.
>>  + *
>>  + * Some SDIO commands will also normally timeout with non-SDIO cards.
>>  + */
>>  + if ((host->int_sum & SDXC_INTERRUPT_ERROR_BIT) == SDXC_RESP_TIMEOUT)
>
> We really shouldn't silence legit errors.
>
> The actual problem here is that we log them as error, we could
> probably reduce it to debug.

Even if it's reduced to debug, it will still flush dmesg buffers.

Or make it only visible when "debug" parameter is present in kernel
cmdline?

>
> Maxime
>
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