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-rw-r--r--include/linux/spi/spi-mem.h2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/spi/spi.h12
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/spi/spi-mem.h b/include/linux/spi/spi-mem.h
index 6b0a7dc48a4b..f866d5c8ed32 100644
--- a/include/linux/spi/spi-mem.h
+++ b/include/linux/spi/spi-mem.h
@@ -233,6 +233,8 @@ static inline void *spi_mem_get_drvdata(struct spi_mem *mem)
* limitations)
* @supports_op: check if an operation is supported by the controller
* @exec_op: execute a SPI memory operation
+ * not all driver provides supports_op(), so it can return -EOPNOTSUPP
+ * if the op is not supported by the driver/controller
* @get_name: get a custom name for the SPI mem device from the controller.
* This might be needed if the controller driver has been ported
* to use the SPI mem layer and a custom name is used to keep
diff --git a/include/linux/spi/spi.h b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
index 7b4baff63c5c..5d65a6273dcf 100644
--- a/include/linux/spi/spi.h
+++ b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
@@ -461,10 +461,13 @@ extern struct spi_device *spi_new_ancillary_device(struct spi_device *spi, u8 ch
* - return 1 if the transfer is still in progress. When
* the driver is finished with this transfer it must
* call spi_finalize_current_transfer() so the subsystem
- * can issue the next transfer. Note: transfer_one and
- * transfer_one_message are mutually exclusive; when both
- * are set, the generic subsystem does not call your
- * transfer_one callback.
+ * can issue the next transfer. If the transfer fails, the
+ * driver must set the flag SPI_TRANS_FAIL_IO to
+ * spi_transfer->error first, before calling
+ * spi_finalize_current_transfer().
+ * Note: transfer_one and transfer_one_message are mutually
+ * exclusive; when both are set, the generic subsystem does
+ * not call your transfer_one callback.
* @handle_err: the subsystem calls the driver to handle an error that occurs
* in the generic implementation of transfer_one_message().
* @mem_ops: optimized/dedicated operations for interactions with SPI memory.
@@ -1040,6 +1043,7 @@ struct spi_transfer {
unsigned len;
#define SPI_TRANS_FAIL_NO_START BIT(0)
+#define SPI_TRANS_FAIL_IO BIT(1)
u16 error;
dma_addr_t tx_dma;