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Message-Id: <20160307.113054.2069588355987832062.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 07 Mar 2016 11:30:54 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	blogic@...nwrt.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org, steven.liu@...iatek.com,
	Carlos.Huang@...iatek.com, nbd@...nwrt.org, igvtee@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 2/4] net-next: mediatek: add support for MT7623
 ethernet

From: John Crispin <blogic@...nwrt.org>
Date: Mon,  7 Mar 2016 09:56:35 +0100

> +static int mtk_mdio_busy_wait(struct mtk_eth *eth)
> +{
> +	unsigned long t_start = jiffies;
> +
> +	while (1) {
> +		if (!(mtk_r32(eth, MTK_PHY_IAC) & PHY_IAC_ACCESS))
> +			return 0;
> +		if (time_after(jiffies, t_start + PHY_IAC_TIMEOUT))
> +			break;
> +	}
> +
> +	dev_err(eth->dev, "mdio: MDIO timeout\n");
> +	return -1;
> +}

Busy polling in a loop for up to 5 seconds with no preemption points
is not something you can do, sorry.

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