linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] drivers: base: add support for stmp-style devices

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Date:	Thu, 8 Mar 2012 08:45:10 +0100
From:	Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>
To:	Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Huang Shijie <b32955@...escale.com>,
	Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] drivers: base: add support for stmp-style devices

On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 07:40:22PM -0300, Fabio Estevam wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 7:28 PM, Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de> wrote:
> ...
> > +static int stmp_clear_poll_bit(void __iomem *addr, u32 mask)
> > +{
> > +       int timeout = 0x400;
> 
> Could you please add a proper timeout mechanism here?
> 
> Something like: http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/137365/

From the patch description:

===

To avoid regressions and ease reviewing, the actual code is simply copied from
mach-mxs. It definately wants updates, but those need a seperate patch series.

===

Or is that considered a wrong path?

Thanks,

   Wolfram

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