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* Re: [PATCH V4 1/5] The macro spin_event_timeout() takes a condition and timeout value
From: Geert Uytterhoeven @ 2009-05-26  7:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jon Smirl; +Cc: linuxppc-dev, alsa-devel, broonie, timur
In-Reply-To: <20090525221507.21370.68301.stgit@terra>

On Mon, 25 May 2009, Jon Smirl wrote:
> (in microseconds) as parameters.  It spins until either the condition is true
> or the timeout expires.  It returns the result of the condition when the loop
> was terminated.
> 
> This primary purpose of this macro is to poll on a hardware register until a
> status bit changes.  The timeout ensures that the loop still terminates if the
> bit doesn't change as expected.  This macro makes it easier for driver
> developers to perform this kind of operation properly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/delay.h |   33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/delay.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/delay.h
> index f9200a6..fedf037 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/delay.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/delay.h
> @@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
>  #define _ASM_POWERPC_DELAY_H
>  #ifdef __KERNEL__
>  
> +#include <asm/time.h>
> +
>  /*
>   * Copyright 1996, Paul Mackerras.
> + * Copyright (C) 2009 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. All rights reserved.
>   *
>   * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
>   * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
> @@ -30,5 +33,35 @@ extern void udelay(unsigned long usecs);
>  #define mdelay(n)	udelay((n) * 1000)
>  #endif
>  
> +/**
> + * spin_event_timeout - spin until a condition gets true or a timeout elapses
> + * @condition: a C expression to evalate
> + * @timeout: timeout, in microseconds
> + * @delay: the number of microseconds to delay between eache evaluation of
> + *         @condition
> + * @rc: the last value of the condition
> + *
> + * The process spins until the condition evaluates to true (non-zero) or the
> + * timeout elapses.  Upon exit, @rc contains the value of the condition. This
> + * allows you to test the condition without incurring any side effects.
> + *
> + * This primary purpose of this macro is to poll on a hardware register
> + * until a status bit changes.  The timeout ensures that the loop still
> + * terminates even if the bit never changes.  The delay is for devices that
> + * need a delay in between successive reads.
> + *
> + * gcc will optimize out the if-statement if @delay is a constant.
> + */
> +#define spin_event_timeout(condition, timeout, delay, rc)                   \

static inline function, returning rc, instead of a macro?

> +{                                                                           \
> +	unsigned long __loops = tb_ticks_per_usec * timeout;                \
> +	unsigned long __start = get_tbl();                                  \
> +	while ((rc = (condition)) && (tb_ticks_since(__start) <= __loops)) \
> +		if (delay)                                                  \
> +			udelay(delay);                                      \
> +		else	                                                    \
> +			cpu_relax();                                        \
> +}
> +
>  #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
>  #endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_DELAY_H */

With kind regards,

Geert Uytterhoeven
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