netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] Fix mv88e6xxx wait function

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Message-Id: <20160819.171504.1032992214543012801.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Fri, 19 Aug 2016 17:15:04 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     andrew@...n.ch
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] Fix mv88e6xxx wait function

From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 00:01:54 +0200

> The mv88e6xxx wait function can be upset of the system has nots of
> other things to do and a sleep takes a lot longer than expected. Fix
> this be using a fixed number of iterations, rather than a fixed
> walkclock time.
> 
> Witht that change made, it is possible to consoliate another
> wait function.
> 
> A wait actually timing out should not happen and when it does, it
> means something serious is wrong. Make sure an error is logged,
> since not all callers will log an error.

Series applied, thanks.