netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/4] i40e: avoid spin loop in i40e_asq_send

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Date:   Thu, 28 Oct 2021 07:44:03 -0700
From:   Jörn Engel <joern@...estorage.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
        Caleb Sander <csander@...estorage.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        sassmann@...hat.com, Tony Brelinski <tony.brelinski@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/4] i40e: avoid spin loop in
 i40e_asq_send_command()

On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 07:26:07AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> 
> The status of the command is re-checked after the loop, sleeping too
> long should not cause timeouts here.

Fair point.  usleep_range() is likely the correct answer in this case.

Jörn

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