linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iio: health: max30100: use msleep() for long uncritical delays

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Date:   Mon, 16 Jan 2017 18:00:32 -0800
From:   Matt Ranostay <matt.ranostay@...sulko.com>
To:     Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@...dl.org>
Cc:     Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
        Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@....de>,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
        Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@...erw.net>,
        Matt Ranostay <mranostay@...il.com>, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iio: health: max30100: use msleep() for long uncritical delays

On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 7:35 AM, Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@...dl.org> wrote:
> ulseep_range() uses hrtimers and provides no advantage over msleep()
> for larger delays. Fix up the 35ms delays here to use msleep() and
> reduce the load on the hrtimer subsystem.

Ok makes sense.  Also long as it guaranteed to be at least 35 milliseconds.

Reviewed-by: Matt Ranostay <matt.ranostay@...sulko.com>

>
> Fixes: commit 4d33615df58b ("iio: light: add MAX30100 oximeter driver support")
> Link: http://lkml.org/lkml/2017/1/11/377
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@...dl.org>
> ---
> Problem located with coccinelle script
>
> Patch was compile tested with: x86_64_defconfig + CONFIG_IIO=m +
> CONFIG_MAX30100=m
>
> Patch is aginast 4.10-rc3 (localversion-next is next-20170116)
>
>  drivers/iio/health/max30100.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/health/max30100.c b/drivers/iio/health/max30100.c
> index 90ab8a2d..9648c69 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/health/max30100.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/health/max30100.c
> @@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ static int max30100_get_temp(struct max30100_data *data, int *val)
>         if (ret)
>                 return ret;
>
> -       usleep_range(35000, 50000);
> +       msleep(35);
>
>         return max30100_read_temp(data, val);
>  }
> --
> 2.1.4
>
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