netdev - Re: [PATCH] rtl818x: Replace mdelay() with msleep() in rtl8225se_rf

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Message-Id: <20180731072703.6141960708@smtp.codeaurora.org>
Date:   Tue, 31 Jul 2018 07:27:03 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtl818x: Replace mdelay() with msleep() in
 rtl8225se_rf_init

Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@...il.com> wrote:

> rtl8225se_rf_init() is never called in atomic context.
> It calls mdelay() to busily wait, which is not necessary.
> mdelay() can be replaced with msleep().
> This patch only replaces the mdelay() that has >20ms time to wait.
> 
> This is found by a static analysis tool named DCNS written by myself.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@...il.com>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

622e938240db rtl818x: Replace mdelay() with msleep() in rtl8225se_rf_init

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10546749/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches