linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: Fix potential incorrect call for udelay()

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Date:	Mon, 23 Dec 2013 11:26:37 +0000
From:	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Libin <huawei.libin@...wei.com>
Cc:	<davem@...emloft.net>, <hsweeten@...ionengravers.com>,
	<gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, <tedheadster@...il.com>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<dingtianhong@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: Fix potential incorrect call for udelay()

On Mon, 23 Dec 2013 17:33:44 +0800
Libin <huawei.libin@...wei.com> wrote:

> From: Li Bin <huawei.libin@...wei.com>
> 
> The variable delay_time as a module parameter can be set a value
> exceeding the limit of the udelay function. This patch checks the
> delay_time value to select mdelay() or udelay().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Li Bin <huawei.libin@...wei.com>

Nobody should need to set a delay time that long, so this seems a rather
surplus check.

Alan
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