netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] smsc911x: check for FFWD success before checking for timeout

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Message-Id: <20090313.121438.17663218.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:14:38 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	steve.glendinning@...c.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, roel.kluin@...il.com,
	juha_motorsportcom@...kku.com, ian.saturley@...c.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] smsc911x: check for FFWD success before checking
 for timeout

From: Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@...c.com>
Date: Wed,  4 Mar 2009 17:33:24 +0000

> This patch from Juha Leppanen suppresses a false warning if a fast
> forward operation succeeds on the very last attempt.
> 
> Juha> If smsc911x_reg_read loop is executed 500 times, timeout reaches 0
> Juha> and the 500th smsc911x_reg_read result in val is ignored. If
> Juha> testing order is changed, then val is checked first. The 500th
> Juha> reg_read might be GOOD, why ignore it!
> 
> Signed-off-by: Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@...c.com>

Applied to net-next-2.6
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