From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bart Hartgers Subject: Re: [patch 2/2] sata_via: Delay on vt6420 when starting ATAPI DMA write Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:43:17 +0100 Message-ID: <7eb6a4d81001200243k7ca637cco25d319a43edf86f5@mail.gmail.com> References: <20100116235653.898098245@gmail.com> <20100116235851.884756038@gmail.com> <4B5678E2.2050709@gmail.com> <4B568C63.4050506@gmail.com> <7eb6a4d81001192233i5418249ct5a1717045f75167c@mail.gmail.com> <4B56A8A0.3050309@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Received: from mail-ew0-f209.google.com ([209.85.219.209]:36938 "EHLO mail-ew0-f209.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750962Ab0ATKnV (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:43:21 -0500 In-Reply-To: <4B56A8A0.3050309@gmail.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Tejun Heo Cc: Robert Hancock , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jeff Garzik , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, juergen.metzdorf@telelev-dsl.de, markpschool@hotmail.com, sporadic.crash@gmail.com, apopov@sirma.bg, david@coomber.co.za, jay4mail@gmail.com Hi, 2010/1/20 Tejun Heo : > Hello, > > On 01/20/2010 03:33 PM, Bart Hartgers wrote: >> Well, the ata_sff_pause actually does a ndelay(400), and with today's >> processors that would be a 'slow path', right? > > unlikely() is used to mark very unlikely paths not the slow ones and I > don't really think DMA_TO_DEVICE would qualify as an unlikely path. > Ok, I am convinced; I'll drop the unlikely. Groeten, Bart > Thanks. > > -- > tejun > -- Bart Hartgers - New e-mail: bart.hartgers@gmail.com