linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] thermal: armada_thermal: Replace mdelay with usleep_range in armada380_init

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Date:   Thu, 26 Apr 2018 19:13:53 -0700
From:   Eduardo Valentin <edubezval@...il.com>
To:     Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@...il.com>
Cc:     rui.zhang@...el.com, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] thermal: armada_thermal: Replace mdelay with
 usleep_range in armada380_init_sensor

On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 04:13:28PM +0800, Jia-Ju Bai wrote:
> armada380_init_sensor() is never called in atomic context.
> 
> armada380_init_sensor() is set as ".init_sensor" in
> struct armada_thermal_data.
> ".init_sensor" is called armada_thermal_probe().
> armada_thermal_probe() is set as ".probe" in struct platform_driver.
> This function is not called in atomic context.
> 
> Despite never getting called from atomic context, armada380_init_sensor()
> calls mdelay() to busily wait.
> This is not necessary and can be replaced with usleep_range() to
> avoid busy waiting.
> 
> This is found by a static analysis tool named DCNS written by myself.
> And I also manually check it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/thermal/armada_thermal.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/thermal/armada_thermal.c b/drivers/thermal/armada_thermal.c
> index ae75328..c289ae4 100644
> --- a/drivers/thermal/armada_thermal.c
> +++ b/drivers/thermal/armada_thermal.c
> @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ static void armada380_init_sensor(struct platform_device *pdev,
>  	if (!(reg & A380_HW_RESET)) {
>  		reg |= A380_HW_RESET;
>  		writel(reg, priv->control);
> -		mdelay(10);
> +		usleep_range(10000, 11000);

This does not apply:
checking file drivers/thermal/armada_thermal.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 143.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED

That mdelay() is not existing anymore.

>  	}
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 1.9.1
>