linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/6] Staging: winbond: wb35reg: changed sleep function from msleep to usleep

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Message-Id: <20130816134125.c1afc15faee7ee277ff8eeb7@gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 16 Aug 2013 13:41:25 +0200
From:	Iker Pedrosa <ikerpedrosam@...il.com>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, justinmattock@...il.com,
	mujeeb.adil@...il.com, harsh1kumar@...il.com,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] Staging: winbond: wb35reg: changed sleep function
 from msleep to usleep

According to Documentation/timers/timers-howto.txt it is not recommended to use msleep for 1ms - 20ms because it may sleep longer than 20ms. So, it is recommended to use usleep instead.

On Mon, 12 Aug 2013 12:05:10 +0200
Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> wrote:

> On Mon 2013-08-05 11:58:27, Iker Pedrosa wrote:
> > Changed sleep function from msleep to usleep according to the documentation.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Iker Pedrosa <ikerpedrosam@...il.com>
> 
> Can you explain why this is good idea?
> 
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Regards,

Iker Pedrosa <ikerpedrosam@...il.com>
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