i2c: Support i2c_transfer in atomic contexts

Allow i2c_transfer to be called in contexts where sleeping is not allowed.
It is the reponsability of the caller to ensure that the underlying i2c bus
driver will not sleep either.

Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <mike@compulab.co.il>
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index 7161f913de14..ddd1b83f44d4 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/completion.h>
+#include <linux/hardirq.h>
+#include <linux/irqflags.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/semaphore.h>
 
@@ -861,7 +863,15 @@ int i2c_transfer(struct i2c_adapter * adap, struct i2c_msg *msgs, int num)
                 }
 #endif
 
-                mutex_lock_nested(&adap->bus_lock, adap->level);
+                if (in_atomic() || irqs_disabled()) {
+                        ret = mutex_trylock(&adap->bus_lock);
+                        if (!ret)
+                                /* I2C activity is ongoing. */
+                                return -EAGAIN;
+                } else {
+                        mutex_lock_nested(&adap->bus_lock, adap->level);
+                }
+
                 ret = adap->algo->master_xfer(adap,msgs,num);
                 mutex_unlock(&adap->bus_lock);