Re: [PATCH] spi: limit reaches -1, tested 0

[David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>]

On Sunday 08 February 2009, David Brownell wrote:
> On Sunday 08 February 2009, Roel Kluin wrote:
> > With a postfix decrement limit will reach -1 rather than 0,
> > so the warning will not be issued.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@gmail.com>
> 
> Acked-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
> 
> 
> 
> > ---
> > diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi_imx.c b/drivers/spi/spi_imx.c
> > index 269a55e..a4652f1 100644
> > --- a/drivers/spi/spi_imx.c
> > +++ b/drivers/spi/spi_imx.c
> > @@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ static irqreturn_t interrupt_transfer(struct driver_data *drv_data)
> >  
> >  			/* Read trailing bytes */
> >  			limit = loops_per_jiffy << 1;
> > -			while ((read(drv_data) == 0) && limit--);
> > +			while ((read(drv_data) == 0) && --limit);

... although I wouldn't have resisted the urge to make the
loop body be "cpu_relax();" instead of an empty statement.


> >  
> >  			if (limit == 0)
> >  				dev_err(&drv_data->pdev->dev,
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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