linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v5 char-misc-next] misc: microchip: pci1xxxx: Add OTP/EEPROM driver for the pci1xxxx switch

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Date:   Sun, 12 Feb 2023 07:52:04 +0000
From:   <Tharunkumar.Pasumarthi@...rochip.com>
To:     <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        <arnd@...db.de>, <UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v5 char-misc-next] misc: microchip: pci1xxxx: Add
 OTP/EEPROM driver for the pci1xxxx switch

> From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2023 12:39 PM
> To: Tharunkumar Pasumarthi - I67821
> <Tharunkumar.Pasumarthi@...rochip.com>
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> Again, you can not sit and spin in a busy-wait like this with no chance to
> recover if something goes wrong with the hardware (hint, what if it got
> removed?)
> 
> please fix.

Okay Greg. I will add timeout logic in driver to break out of busy-wait loop to handle cases like these. 

Thanks, 
Tharun Kumar P