linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] mtd: devices: elm: Low power transition support

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Date:	Sat, 9 Feb 2013 10:22:44 +0000
From:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Philip Avinash <avinashphilip@...com>
Cc:	khilman@...com, tony@...mide.com, dwmw2@...radead.org,
	artem.bityutskiy@...ux.intel.com, afzal@...com,
	linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	nsekhar@...com, gururaja.hebbar@...com, hvaibhav@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] mtd: devices: elm: Low power transition support

On Thu, Feb 07, 2013 at 06:06:57PM +0530, Philip Avinash wrote:
> +static int elm_suspend(struct device *dev)
> +{
> +	struct elm_info *info = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> +	wait_queue_head_t wq;
> +	DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
> +
> +	init_waitqueue_head(&wq);
> +	while (1) {
> +		/* Make sure that ELM not running */
> +		if (info->idle) {
> +			add_wait_queue(&wq, &wait);
> +			schedule();
> +			remove_wait_queue(&wq, &wait);
> +		} else {
> +			break;
> +		}
> +	}

The above code looks really wrong - it will just spin endlessly with the
waitqueues doing nothing useful.  What are you trying to do here?
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