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Message-ID: <1935856.5rv8sDmiv7@fb07-iapwap2>
Date:   Thu, 02 Mar 2017 15:57:01 +0100
From:   Marc Dietrich <marvin24@....de>
To:     SIMRAN SINGHAL <singhalsimran0@...il.com>,
        linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     outreachy-kernel <outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com>,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH] staging: nvec: cleanup USLEEP_RANGEcheckpatch checks

Hi Simran,

Am Donnerstag, 2. März 2017, 15:48:13 CET schrieb SIMRAN SINGHAL:
> On Thursday, March 2, 2017 at 8:06:40 PM UTC+5:30, Julia Lawall wrote:
> > On Thu, 2 Mar 2017, simran singhal wrote:
> > > Resolve strict checkpatch USLEEP_RANGE checks by converting delays and
> > > sleeps as described in ./Documentation/timers/timers-howto.txt.
> > > 
> > > CHECK: usleep_range is preferred over udelay; see Documentation/
> > > timers/timers-howto.txt
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: simran singhal <singhal...@...il.com <javascript:>>

I prefer not to change this. The whole interrupt routine is very wonky, and 
changing some delays might break the communication with the i2c master. Also 
this is in interrupt context, so a change to usleep_range may not by 
justified.

Marc



> > > ---
> > > 
> > >  drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c | 4 ++--
> > >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c b/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c
> > > index c1feccf..cd35e64 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c
> > > @@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ static irqreturn_t nvec_interrupt(int irq, void
> > 
> > *dev)
> > 
> > >                  break;
> > >          
> > >          case 2:                /* first byte after command */
> > >          
> > >                  if (status == (I2C_SL_IRQ | RNW | RCVD)) {
> > > 
> > > -                        udelay(33);
> > > +                        usleep_range(33, 100);
> > 
> > How did you choose the upper limit.
> > 
> > I believe that Greg previously suggested not to make these changes if you
> > have no way to test them.
> > 
> > Julia, After going through the reply given by Nicholas Mc Guire
> 
> https://www.mail-archive.com/kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org/msg16464.html
> in this reply he has mentioned that even the range of 10 microsecond is
> enough,
> so I prefer to take 100 as upper limit.
> 
> Simran
> 
> julia
> 
> > >                          if (nvec->rx->data[0] != 0x01) {
> > >                          
> > >                                  dev_err(nvec->dev,
> > >                                  
> > >                                          "Read without prior read
> > 
> > command\n");
> > 
> > > @@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ static irqreturn_t nvec_interrupt(int irq, void
> > 
> > *dev)
> > 
> > >           * We experience less incomplete messages with this delay than
> > 
> > without
> > 
> > >           * it, but we don't know why. Help is appreciated.
> > >           */
> > > 
> > > -        udelay(100);
> > > +        usleep_range(100, 200);
> > > 
> > >          return IRQ_HANDLED;
> > >  
> > >  }
> > 
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> > 
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> > 
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> > 
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> > 
> > <javascript:>.
> > 
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> > 
> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/outreachy-kernel/20170302142418.GA16773%
> > 40singhal-Inspiron-5558.> 
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