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Date:	Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:51:21 -0700
From:	Patrick Pannuto <ppannuto@...eaurora.org>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sboyd@...eaurora.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu, heiko.carstens@...ibm.com,
	eranian@...gle.com, schwidefsky@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] timer: Added usleep[_range][_interruptable] timer

Andi Kleen wrote:
> Patrick Pannuto <ppannuto@...eaurora.org> writes:
> 
> Overall it seems like a good improvement.
> 
>> +
>> +static inline void usleep(unsigned long usecs)
>> +{
>> +	usleep_range(usecs, usecs);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static inline unsigned long usleep_interruptible(unsigned long usecs)
> 
> Is the interruptible case even needed?  I assume most drivers won't
> bother with that and not being interruptible for a few usecs is not a
> big issue.

Honestly, I don't think so, but I was mirroring the msleep API when
I wrote it so I included it for completeness.  I can't think of a use
case where it is necessary / useful. I will remove it unless anyone
can think of an application for it?

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