linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/18] power: ab8500_fg: Replace msleep() with usleep

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Date:	Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:59:53 +0100
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Cc:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	arnd@...db.de, linus.walleij@...ricsson.com,
	cbouatmailru@...il.com, Jonas Aaberg <jonas.aberg@...ricsson.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/18] power: ab8500_fg: Replace msleep() with
 usleep_range() for greater accuracy

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Jan 2013, Joe Perches wrote:

>> > -           msleep(5);
>> > +           usleep_range(5000, 5001);
>>
>> If you're going to give a range that small
>> you might as well use usleep instead.
>>
>> Otherwise, add some tolerance to allow any
>> other coalesced wakeup to occur.
>
> I can't increase the tolerance, as I don't know how that would
> effect the running of the system, and the person who would know
> is off on parental leave.
>
> What I can tell you is we're only using usleep_range() because
> there is no usleep in the kernel. At least that's what we've
> been led to believe:
>
> Documentation/timers/timers-howto.txt:
>
>                 - Why is there no "usleep" / What is a good range?
>                         Since usleep_range is built on top of hrtimers, the
>                         wakeup will be very precise (ish), thus a simple
>                         usleep function would likely introduce a large number
>                         of undesired interrupts.

And I think the above is why we have this in the kernel:
arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-da850-evm.c:
usleep_range(1000, 1000);
arch/arm/mach-tegra/pcie.c:             usleep_range(1000, 1000);
drivers/clk/clk-wm831x.c:       usleep_range(2000, 2000);
drivers/media/i2c/m5mols/m5mols_core.c: usleep_range(200, 200);
drivers/media/i2c/s5k6aa.c:     usleep_range(4000, 4000);
drivers/media/i2c/smiapp/smiapp-core.c: usleep_range(1000, 1000);
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c:
usleep_range(1000, 1000);

There are quite a few of these.

Let's ping John Stultz for some clarification ...

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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