linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: pcs: altera-tse: use read_poll

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Date:   Tue, 29 Nov 2022 20:35:51 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: pcs: altera-tse: use
 read_poll_timeout to wait for reset

On Fri, 25 Nov 2022 14:17:59 +0100 Maxime Chevallier wrote:
> -	for (i = 0; i < SGMII_PCS_SW_RESET_TIMEOUT; i++) {
> -		if (!(tse_pcs_read(tse_pcs, MII_BMCR) & BMCR_RESET))
> -			return 0;
> -		udelay(1);
> -	}
> -
> -	return -ETIMEDOUT;
> +	return read_poll_timeout(tse_pcs_read, bmcr, (bmcr & BMCR_RESET),
> +				 10, SGMII_PCS_SW_RESET_TIMEOUT, 1,
> +				 tse_pcs, MII_BMCR);

You say "no functional change intended" in the cover letter but you
switch from udelay to usleep and change timeouts here. I presume this
is intentional but should be mentioned in the commit message, I think.