Re: [PATCH] rtc: rtc-omap: Replace mdelay() with msleep() in omap_rtc_power_off()

[Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>]

Hi,

On 30/07/2018 21:53:14+0800, Jia-Ju Bai wrote:
> omap_rtc_power_off() is never called in atomic context.
> It calls mdelay() to busily wait, which is not necessary.
> mdelay() can be replaced with msleep().
> 
> This is found by a static analysis tool named DCNS written by myself.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/rtc/rtc-omap.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-omap.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-omap.c
> index 39086398833e..ef3d09525d0f 100644
> --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-omap.c
> +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-omap.c
> @@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ static void omap_rtc_power_off(void)
>  	 * power off the system. Add a 500 ms margin for external latencies
>  	 * (e.g. debounce circuits).
>  	 */
> -	mdelay(2500);
> +	msleep(2500);

I'm not sure about that one because this is a poweroff function so it
doesn't really make sense to sleep versus busy waiting (all the drivers
in power/reset use mdelay())


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