linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 12/13] driver core: firmware loader: use small timeout for cache device firmware

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Date:	Thu, 26 Jul 2012 23:48:17 +0800
From:	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 12/13] driver core: firmware loader: use small timeout
 for cache device firmware

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 8:36 PM, Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 01:00:12AM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
>> Because device_cache_firmwares only cache the firmware which has been
>> loaded sucessfully at leat once, using a small loading timeout should
>
>                         least
>
>> be OK.
>
> Your commit message doesn't explain why exactly we decrease the timeout:

I have explained it. Because the firmware has been loaded successfully at least
once, so it is very probably to not timeout.

> you should probably say that this patch overrides the default 60s
> timeout because we're in pre-suspend/-hibernate mode where we have
> userspace and are able to load the firmware quickly.

No, it is not what I was saying.

Thanks,
--
Ming Lei
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