Re: b43: Replace mdelay with msleep in b43_radio_2057_init_post
From: Kalle Valo
Date: Mon Jan 08 2018 - 12:07:34 EST
Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On 01/08/2018 10:21 AM, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> b43_radio_2057_init_post is not called in an interrupt handler
>>> nor holding a spinlock.
>>> The function mdelay in it can be replaced with msleep, to reduce busy wait.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> You submitted an identical patch a week earlier:
>>
>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10137671/
>>
>> How is this different? Also always add version number to the patch so that the
>> maintainers can follow the changes easily:
>>
>> https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches#patch_version_missing
>>
>> https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches#changelog_missing
>
> I had negative comments on one of those due to the possibility of
> msleep(2) extending as long as 20 msec. Until the author, or someone
> else, can test that this is OK, then the mdelay(2) can only be
> replaced with usleep_range(2000, 3000).
>
> NACK for both.
Ok, patches dropped.
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Kalle Valo