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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: blogic@openwrt.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org, steven.liu@mediatek.com,
	Carlos.Huang@mediatek.com, nbd@openwrt.org, igvtee@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 2/4] net-next: mediatek: add support for MT7623 ethernet
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2016 11:30:54 -0500 (EST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160307.113054.2069588355987832062.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1457340997-23116-3-git-send-email-blogic@openwrt.org>

From: John Crispin <blogic@openwrt.org>
Date: Mon,  7 Mar 2016 09:56:35 +0100

> +static int mtk_mdio_busy_wait(struct mtk_eth *eth)
> +{
> +	unsigned long t_start = jiffies;
> +
> +	while (1) {
> +		if (!(mtk_r32(eth, MTK_PHY_IAC) & PHY_IAC_ACCESS))
> +			return 0;
> +		if (time_after(jiffies, t_start + PHY_IAC_TIMEOUT))
> +			break;
> +	}
> +
> +	dev_err(eth->dev, "mdio: MDIO timeout\n");
> +	return -1;
> +}

Busy polling in a loop for up to 5 seconds with no preemption points
is not something you can do, sorry.

  reply	other threads:[~2016-03-07 16:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-03-07  8:56 [PATCH V4 0/4] net-next: mediatek: add ethernet driver John Crispin
2016-03-07  8:56 ` [PATCH V4 1/4] net-next: mediatek: document MediaTek SoC ethernet binding John Crispin
2016-03-07  8:56 ` [PATCH V4 2/4] net-next: mediatek: add support for MT7623 ethernet John Crispin
2016-03-07 16:30   ` David Miller [this message]
     [not found] ` <1457340997-23116-1-git-send-email-blogic-p3rKhJxN3npAfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-07  8:56   ` [PATCH V4 3/4] net-next: mediatek: add Kconfig and Makefile John Crispin
2016-03-07  8:56 ` [PATCH V4 4/4] net-next: mediatek: add an entry to MAINTAINERS John Crispin

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