linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 11/32] staging: gasket: gasket_wait_with

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Date:   Tue, 17 Jul 2018 13:08:09 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Todd Poynor <toddpoynor@...il.com>
Cc:     Rob Springer <rspringer@...gle.com>,
        John Joseph <jnjoseph@...gle.com>,
        Ben Chan <benchan@...omium.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, Zhongze Hu <frankhu@...omium.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Simon Que <sque@...omium.org>,
        Guenter Roeck <groeck@...omium.org>,
        Todd Poynor <toddpoynor@...gle.com>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/32] staging: gasket: gasket_wait_with_reschedule use
 msleep

On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 07:09:05PM -0700, Todd Poynor wrote:
> From: Todd Poynor <toddpoynor@...gle.com>
> 
> Replace schedule_timeout() call with msleep().
> 

Why does it matter?  I genuinely don't know the rules here.  The commit
message should normally say if there is a user visible effect or if it's
just a clean up or whatever.

regards,
dan carpenter