linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 4/4] net: phy: mscc-miim: read poll when high resolution timers are disabled

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Message-ID: <20200526220127.GS768009@lunn.ch>
Date:   Wed, 27 May 2020 00:01:27 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:     Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...tlin.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
        hkallweit1@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com,
        thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com, allan.nielsen@...rochip.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 4/4] net: phy: mscc-miim: read poll when high
 resolution timers are disabled

> > +/* When high resolution timers aren't built-in: we can't use usleep_range() as
> > + * we would sleep way too long. Use udelay() instead.
> > + */
> > +#define mscc_readl_poll_timeout(addr, val, cond, delay_us, timeout_us)	\
> > +({									\
> > +	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS))			\
> > +		readl_poll_timeout_atomic(addr, val, cond, delay_us,	\
> > +					  timeout_us);			\
> > +	readl_poll_timeout(addr, val, cond, delay_us, timeout_us);	\
> > +})
> > +
> 
> I would make this a regular function which would not harm the compiler's
> ability to optimize it, but would give you type checking. With that fixed:

Hi Florian

cond makes that difficult, since it is not a parameter in the usual
sense, but an expression to evaluate if the polling should terminate.

readl_poll_timeout() and readl_poll_timeout_atomic() themselves are
#define's, and there are more levels of macros under them.

	   Andrew