*
  * @dev: Reference to device in the SCMI hierarchy corresponding to this
  *      channel
+ * @rx_timeout_ms: The configured RX timeout in milliseconds.
  * @handle: Pointer to SCMI entity handle
  * @no_completion_irq: Flag to indicate that this channel has no completion
  *                    interrupt mechanism for synchronous commands.
  */
 struct scmi_chan_info {
        struct device *dev;
+       unsigned int rx_timeout_ms;
        struct scmi_handle *handle;
        bool no_completion_irq;
        void *transport_info;
 struct scmi_shared_mem;
 
 void shmem_tx_prepare(struct scmi_shared_mem __iomem *shmem,
-                     struct scmi_xfer *xfer);
+                     struct scmi_xfer *xfer, struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo);
 u32 shmem_read_header(struct scmi_shared_mem __iomem *shmem);
 void shmem_fetch_response(struct scmi_shared_mem __iomem *shmem,
                          struct scmi_xfer *xfer);
 
                msg_tx_prepare(channel->req.msg, xfer);
                ret = invoke_process_msg_channel(channel, msg_command_size(xfer));
        } else {
-               shmem_tx_prepare(channel->req.shmem, xfer);
+               shmem_tx_prepare(channel->req.shmem, xfer, cinfo);
                ret = invoke_process_smt_channel(channel);
        }
 
 
  * Copyright (C) 2019 ARM Ltd.
  */
 
+#include <linux/ktime.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/processor.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
+#include <asm-generic/bug.h>
+
 #include "common.h"
 
 /*
 };
 
 void shmem_tx_prepare(struct scmi_shared_mem __iomem *shmem,
-                     struct scmi_xfer *xfer)
+                     struct scmi_xfer *xfer, struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo)
 {
+       ktime_t stop;
+
        /*
         * Ideally channel must be free by now unless OS timeout last
         * request and platform continued to process the same, wait
         * until it releases the shared memory, otherwise we may endup
-        * overwriting its response with new message payload or vice-versa
+        * overwriting its response with new message payload or vice-versa.
+        * Giving up anyway after twice the expected channel timeout so as
+        * not to bail-out on intermittent issues where the platform is
+        * occasionally a bit slower to answer.
+        *
+        * Note that after a timeout is detected we bail-out and carry on but
+        * the transport functionality is probably permanently compromised:
+        * this is just to ease debugging and avoid complete hangs on boot
+        * due to a misbehaving SCMI firmware.
         */
-       spin_until_cond(ioread32(&shmem->channel_status) &
-                       SCMI_SHMEM_CHAN_STAT_CHANNEL_FREE);
+       stop = ktime_add_ms(ktime_get(), 2 * cinfo->rx_timeout_ms);
+       spin_until_cond((ioread32(&shmem->channel_status) &
+                        SCMI_SHMEM_CHAN_STAT_CHANNEL_FREE) ||
+                        ktime_after(ktime_get(), stop));
+       if (!(ioread32(&shmem->channel_status) &
+             SCMI_SHMEM_CHAN_STAT_CHANNEL_FREE)) {
+               WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+               dev_err(cinfo->dev,
+                       "Timeout waiting for a free TX channel !\n");
+               return;
+       }
+
        /* Mark channel busy + clear error */
        iowrite32(0x0, &shmem->channel_status);
        iowrite32(xfer->hdr.poll_completion ? 0 : SCMI_SHMEM_FLAG_INTR_ENABLED,
 
         */
        smc_channel_lock_acquire(scmi_info, xfer);
 
-       shmem_tx_prepare(scmi_info->shmem, xfer);
+       shmem_tx_prepare(scmi_info->shmem, xfer, cinfo);
 
        arm_smccc_1_1_invoke(scmi_info->func_id, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, &res);