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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3] spi: core: Validate length of the transfers in message
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On Wed, 26 Feb 2014 09:14:07 +0900, Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> wrote:
>> + optionally defining short delays after transfers ... using
>> the spi_transfer.delay_usecs setting (this delay can be the
>> only protocol effect, if the buffer length is zero);
>
> *sigh* I guess it is valid, though frankly I'm concerned that this
> isn't a good idea - it's certainly not going to work reliably given the
> need for every driver to open code this, most of them get the delay
> stuff wrong.

I don't object to the whole patch. Validating in spi core is good of
course, and "xfer->len % w_size" part looks no problem.

I just want to keep ways to handle an odd device, for example, which
requires long delay between chipselect and the first transfer, etc.

---
Atsushi Nemoto


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