Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform/x86: intel_scu_ipc: Check status after timeout in busy_loop()

From: Stephen Boyd
Date: Fri Sep 08 2023 - 17:30:05 EST


Quoting Mika Westerberg (2023-09-07 21:59:46)
> On Thu, Sep 07, 2023 at 01:11:17PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> >
> > We can't use readl_busy_timeout() (you mean readl_poll_timeout() right?)
> > because that implements the timeout with timekeeping and we don't know
> > if this is called from suspend paths after timekeeping is suspended or
> > from early boot paths where timekeeping isn't started.
>
> Yes readl_poll_timeout(). :)
>
> I don't think this code is used anymore outside of regular paths. It
> used to be with the Moorestown/Medfield board support code but that's
> gone already. Grepping for the users also don't reveal anything that
> could be using it early at boot.

Ok. Assuming this isn't used from paths during suspend/resume when
timekeeping is suspended it look like readl_poll_timeout() is the
shorter and simpler approach. So if that works for you I'll send another
round with that and a fix for the ipcdev being overwritten.