From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: alexandre.belloni@free-electrons.com (Alexandre Belloni) Date: Tue, 5 May 2015 23:01:31 +0200 Subject: [rtc-linux] [PATCH v3 2/3] rtc: mediatek: Add MT6397 RTC driver In-Reply-To: <1430858661.9365.20.camel@perches.com> References: <1430206556-18254-1-git-send-email-eddie.huang@mediatek.com> <1430206556-18254-3-git-send-email-eddie.huang@mediatek.com> <20150505200010.GP4276@piout.net> <1430858661.9365.20.camel@perches.com> Message-ID: <20150505210131.GR4276@piout.net> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On 05/05/2015 at 13:44:21 -0700, Joe Perches wrote : > I suggest moving the time_after() test into the loop, > use break; and remove the exit label too. > > Maybe something like: > > while (1) { > ret = regmap_read(rtc->regmap, rtc->addr_base + RTC_BBPU, > &data); > if (ret < 0) > break; > if (!(data & RTC_BBPU_CBUSY)) > break; > if (time_after(jiffies, timeout)) { > ret = -ETIMEDOUT; > break; > } > cpu_relax(); > } > > return ret; That certainly looks more readable. -- Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering http://free-electrons.com