linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7] mtd: nand: increase ready wait timeout and report timeouts

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Date:	Fri, 26 Feb 2016 13:45:25 +0000
From:	Harvey Hunt <harvey.hunt@...tec.com>
To:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
	Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>,
	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
CC:	Alex Smith <alex.smith@...tec.com>,
	Alex Smith <alex@...x-smith.me.uk>,
	Zubair Lutfullah Kakakhel <Zubair.Kakakhel@...tec.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@...s.com>,
	"linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7] mtd: nand: increase ready wait timeout and report
 timeouts

Hi,

On 25/02/16 23:27, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> Am 26.02.2016 um 00:23 schrieb Boris Brezillon:
>>> Regardless, this timeout loop is wrong. Shouldn't it have something like
>>> the following?
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
>>> index f2c8ff398d6c..596a9b0503da 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
>>> @@ -566,8 +566,8 @@ void nand_wait_ready(struct mtd_info *mtd)
>>>   		cond_resched();
>>>   	} while (time_before(jiffies, timeo));
>>>
>>> -	pr_warn_ratelimited(
>>> -		"timeout while waiting for chip to become ready\n");
>>> +	if (!chip->dev_ready(mtd))
>>> +		pr_warn_ratelimited("timeout while waiting for chip to become ready\n");
>>>   out:
>>>   	led_trigger_event(nand_led_trigger, LED_OFF);
>>>   }
>>
>> Looks good to me.
>>
>> If you post the patch, you can add
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>
>
> Same here.
>
> Reviewed-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
>
> Thanks,
> //richard
>

-cc IMG list (I left it in my gitconfig when I originally sent this 
patch...).

Thanks for debugging and fixing this - proposed patch looks good to me:

Reviewed-by: Harvey Hunt <harvey.hunt@...tec.com>

Thanks,

Harvey