linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] power: reset: syscon-poweroff: Replace mdelay() with msleep() in syscon

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Date:   Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:46:27 +0200
From:   Sebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@...labora.com>
To:     Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] power: reset: syscon-poweroff: Replace mdelay() with
 msleep() in syscon_poweroff()

Hi,

On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 09:50:29PM +0800, Jia-Ju Bai wrote:
> syscon_poweroff() is never called in atomic context.
> It calls mdelay() to busily wait, which is not necessary.
> mdelay() can be replaced with msleep().
> 
> This is found by a static analysis tool named DCNS written by myself.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@...il.com>
> ---

This is also a shutdown driver, not applying.

-- Sebastian

>  drivers/power/reset/syscon-poweroff.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/power/reset/syscon-poweroff.c b/drivers/power/reset/syscon-poweroff.c
> index f9f1cb54fbf9..b8b154606dbe 100644
> --- a/drivers/power/reset/syscon-poweroff.c
> +++ b/drivers/power/reset/syscon-poweroff.c
> @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static void syscon_poweroff(void)
>  	/* Issue the poweroff */
>  	regmap_update_bits(map, offset, mask, value);
>  
> -	mdelay(1000);
> +	msleep(1000);
>  
>  	pr_emerg("Unable to poweroff system\n");
>  }
> -- 
> 2.17.0
> 

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