linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 2/5] iio: proximity: rfd77402: Use kernel helper for result polling

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Message-ID: <20260116200921.7494025b@jic23-huawei>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 20:09:21 +0000
From: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>
Cc: raskar.shree97@...il.com, David Lechner <dlechner@...libre.com>, Nuno
 Sá <nuno.sa@...log.com>, Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org>,
 skhan@...uxfoundation.org, david.hunter.linux@...il.com,
 linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/5] iio: proximity: rfd77402: Use kernel helper for
 result polling

On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 10:37:33 +0200
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 01:57:38PM +0530, Shrikant Raskar via B4 Relay wrote:
> 
> > Replace the manually written polling loop with read_poll_timeout(),
> > the kernel's standard helper for waiting on hardware status.
> > This makes the code easier to read and avoids repeating the same
> > polling code in the driver.  
> 
> Also need to add that you made it as a separate helper as it will be reused in
> the future (or next changes).
> 
> No need to resend just for this, I hope Jonathan can tweak this whilst applying.
> 
I'm trying to cut down on what is left for new revisions as we get near to
the end of the cycle. As such I've applied patches 1 and 2 from this series
to the testing branch of iio.git.  Just send the remaining patches for v6.

Thanks,

Jonathan