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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. |