[PATCH] DMA: add cpu_relax() to busy-loop in dma_sync_wait()

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz]

From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [PATCH] DMA: add cpu_relax() to busy-loop in dma_sync_wait()

Removal of the busy-loop from dma_sync_wait() is not a trivial
task so just add cpu_relax() to the loop for now.

Cc: Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dan Williams <djbw@xxxxxx>
Cc: Tomasz Figa <t.figa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/dma/dmaengine.c |    5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
===================================================================
--- a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c	2012-11-07 16:12:41.776876102 +0100
+++ b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c	2012-11-07 16:13:04.956876097 +0100
@@ -266,7 +266,10 @@ enum dma_status dma_sync_wait(struct dma
 			pr_err("%s: timeout!\n", __func__);
 			return DMA_ERROR;
 		}
-	} while (status == DMA_IN_PROGRESS);
+		if (status != DMA_IN_PROGRESS)
+			break;
+		cpu_relax();
+	} while (1);
 
 	return status;
 }
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/