netdev - Re: [[PATCH net-next] 0/2] Convert mdio wait function to use readx_poll

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Date:   Mon, 20 May 2019 20:01:10 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     b.spranger@...utronix.de
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [[PATCH net-next] 0/2] Convert mdio wait function to use
 readx_poll_timeout()

From: Benedikt Spranger <b.spranger@...utronix.de>
Date: Sun, 19 May 2019 19:59:35 +0200

> On loaded systems with a preemptible kernel both functions
> axienet_mdio_wait_until_ready() and xemaclite_mdio_wait() may report a
> false positive error return.
> Convert both functions to use readx_poll_timeout() to handle the
> situation in a safe manner.

Series applied, thank you.