Re: [PATCH] Input: silead: use msleep() for long delays

[Dmitry Torokhov]

On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 9:46 AM, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 01/12/2017 05:21 PM, Nicholas Mc Guire wrote:
>>
>> the delays here are in the 10 to 20ms range so msleep() will do - no
>> need to burden the highres timer subsystem.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>
>> Problem found by coccinelle script
>>
>> While msleep(10) has a worst case uncertainty of 10ms (on HZ=100 systems)
>> this seems ok here as the delays are not called frequently (init and
>> reset functions)
>
>
> By the same logic, this is not much of a burden on the high-res timer
> subsys though.
>
>> and the uncertainty of 10ms fits the permitted range of
>> the original usleep_ranges().
>
>
> Either way this patch is fine with me.

I'd rather not because next will come a checkpatch warrior and I will
have to convince them why msleep is OK here. And another one, and
another one... :(

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry