linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 08/13] driver core: firmware loader: fix device lifetime

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Date:	Sat, 28 Jul 2012 22:04:03 +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 08/13] driver core: firmware loader: fix device lifetime

On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org> wrote:

>
> I still don't like too much the "not possible to sleep for long time"
> expression.
>
> Maybe change it to "should sleep for as small periods as possible since
> it increases boot time of device drivers requesting firmware in their
> ->probe() methods."

Fairly enough, will add this kind of description in -v1, and I will introduce
one extra patch to fix this comment since it is nothing related with the
device lifetime fix and its comments.


Thanks,
--
Ming Lei
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