linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: fix the wrong timeo for panic_nand

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Message-ID: <50FD5052.6030704@parrot.com>
Date:	Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:27:30 +0100
From:	Matthieu CASTET <matthieu.castet@...rot.com>
To:	Huang Shijie <shijie8@...il.com>
CC:	"dwmw2@...radead.org" <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	"linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"dedekind1@...il.com" <dedekind1@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: fix the wrong timeo for panic_nand_wait()

Could you explain why the old code was wrong ?

With HZ=100

timeo = jiffies + 2 and it should be working.


Huang Shijie a écrit :
> In nand_wait(), the timeo for panic_nand_wait() is assigned with
> wrong value(jiffies + some delay).
> 
> This patch fixes it, and also uses the msecs_to_jiffies() to make the
> code more readable.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Huang Shijie <shijie8@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c |    8 ++------
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
> index 8323ac9..acdd508 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
> @@ -825,14 +825,9 @@ static void panic_nand_wait(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct nand_chip *chip,
>  static int nand_wait(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct nand_chip *chip)
>  {
>  
> -	unsigned long timeo = jiffies;
> +	unsigned long timeo = (state == FL_ERASING) ? 400 : 20;
>  	int status, state = chip->state;
>  
> -	if (state == FL_ERASING)
> -		timeo += (HZ * 400) / 1000;
> -	else
> -		timeo += (HZ * 20) / 1000;
> -
>  	led_trigger_event(nand_led_trigger, LED_FULL);
>  
>  	/*
> @@ -849,6 +844,7 @@ static int nand_wait(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct nand_chip *chip)
>  	if (in_interrupt() || oops_in_progress)
>  		panic_nand_wait(mtd, chip, timeo);
>  	else {
> +		timeo = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(timeo);
>  		while (time_before(jiffies, timeo)) {
>  			if (chip->dev_ready) {
>  				if (chip->dev_ready(mtd))
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