linux-kernel - [PATCH] tweak spin logic for hpilo

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Date:	Mon, 9 Mar 2009 16:56:52 -0600
From:	David Altobelli <david.altobelli@...com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, david.altobelli@...com
Subject: [PATCH] tweak spin logic for hpilo

Change hpilo open and close logic to spin for 10usec between checking device, 
rather than every usec.  Applies to 2.6.29.

Please CC me on any replies.

Signed-off-by: David Altobelli <david.altobelli@...com>
---

--- linux-2.6.28/drivers/misc/hpilo.h.orig	2009-03-09 13:24:25.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.28/drivers/misc/hpilo.h	2009-03-09 13:28:22.000000000 -0500
@@ -19,8 +19,12 @@
 #define MAX_ILO_DEV	1
 /* max number of files */
 #define MAX_OPEN	(MAX_CCB * MAX_ILO_DEV)
+/* total wait time in usec */
+#define MAX_WAIT_TIME	10000
+/* per spin wait time in usec */
+#define WAIT_TIME	10
 /* spin counter for open/close delay */
-#define MAX_WAIT	10000
+#define MAX_WAIT	(MAX_WAIT_TIME / WAIT_TIME)
 
 /*
  * Per device, used to track global memory allocations.
--- linux-2.6.28/drivers/misc/hpilo.c.orig	2009-03-09 13:24:31.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.28/drivers/misc/hpilo.c	2009-03-09 13:57:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static void ilo_ccb_close(struct pci_dev
 	/* give iLO some time to process stop request */
 	for (retries = MAX_WAIT; retries > 0; retries--) {
 		doorbell_set(driver_ccb);
-		udelay(1);
+		udelay(WAIT_TIME);
 		if (!(ioread32(&device_ccb->send_ctrl) & (1 << CTRL_BITPOS_A))
 		    &&
 		    !(ioread32(&device_ccb->recv_ctrl) & (1 << CTRL_BITPOS_A)))
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ static int ilo_ccb_open(struct ilo_hwinf
 	for (i = MAX_WAIT; i > 0; i--) {
 		if (ilo_pkt_dequeue(hw, driver_ccb, SENDQ, &pkt_id, NULL, NULL))
 			break;
-		udelay(1);
+		udelay(WAIT_TIME);
 	}
 
 	if (i) {
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ static void __exit ilo_exit(void)
 	class_destroy(ilo_class);
 }
 
-MODULE_VERSION("1.0");
+MODULE_VERSION("1.1");
 MODULE_ALIAS(ILO_NAME);
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(ILO_NAME);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("David Altobelli <david.altobelli@...com>");
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