linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 08/13] i2c: nomadik: replace jiffies by ktime for FIFO flushing timeout

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdaVCOB_C45KTEtuoZRwb66x1saGHN3A_ZpY7T=a8YtV+Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2024 15:53:15 +0100
From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To: Théo Lebrun <theo.lebrun@...tlin.com>
Cc: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...nel.org>, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, 
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>, Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, 
	Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, 
	linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, 
	Gregory Clement <gregory.clement@...tlin.com>, 
	Vladimir Kondratiev <vladimir.kondratiev@...ileye.com>, 
	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>, Tawfik Bayouk <tawfik.bayouk@...ileye.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/13] i2c: nomadik: replace jiffies by ktime for FIFO
 flushing timeout

On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 3:38 PM Théo Lebrun <theo.lebrun@...tlin.com> wrote:

> Somewhat related to this patch: while writing it, I noticed the total
> timeout of flush_i2c_fifo() is 10 times the timeout. Without this
> series, this means 10*200ms of busywaiting!
>
> If you have an opinion on a more sensible option for this I could add a
> patch to my V2. I don't know enough to pick a sensible value.
>
> I'm unsure if it makes sense that the timeout of flush_i2c_fifo() is a
> multiple of the transfer timeout. Does it make sense that those two
> timeouts are correlated?

I have a *vague* memory of the timeouts for flushing needing to be longer
but I might be mistaken. This is probably a Srinidhi or even Sachin question...
Sadly I don't have their current mail addresses.

Yours,
Linus Walleij