linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/48] clk: at91: replace usleep() by udelay() calls

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Date:	Sat, 11 Jun 2016 00:30:36 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>,
	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>,
	Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>,
	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@...el.com>,
	Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard <plagnioj@...osoft.com>,
	linux-clk@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/48] clk: at91: replace usleep() by udelay() calls

On Saturday, June 11, 2016 12:03:04 AM CEST Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> From: Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@...el.com>
> 
> Fix the main and slow clock .prepare() implementations which used to call
> usleep() when the scheduler wasn't ready yet.
> 

Does this have to be called that early? It seems wasteful to always
call udelay() here, when these are functions that are normally
allowed to sleep.

	Arnd