linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 3/5] iio:temperature:mlx90632: Convert polling while loop to do-while

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Date:   Thu, 13 Aug 2020 14:03:25 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Crt Mori <cmo@...exis.com>
Cc:     Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
        linux-iio <linux-iio@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/5] iio:temperature:mlx90632: Convert polling while
 loop to do-while

On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 10:53 AM Crt Mori <cmo@...exis.com> wrote:
>
> Reduce number of lines and improve readability to convert polling while
> loops to do-while. The iopoll.h interface was not used, because we
> require more than 20ms timeout, because time for sensor to perform a
> measurement is around 10ms and it needs to perform measurements for each
> channel (which currently is 3).

I don't see how it prevents using iopoll.h. It uses usleep_range()
under the hood in the same way you did here, but open coded.

...

> -       while (tries-- > 0) {
> +       do {
>                 ret = regmap_read(data->regmap, MLX90632_REG_STATUS,
>                                   &reg_status);
>                 if (ret < 0)
>                         return ret;
> -               if (reg_status & MLX90632_STAT_DATA_RDY)
> -                       break;
>                 usleep_range(10000, 11000);
> -       }
> +       } while (!(reg_status & MLX90632_STAT_DATA_RDY) && tries--);
>
>         if (tries < 0) {
>                 dev_err(&data->client->dev, "data not ready");

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko