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| From | Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH] eeprom: at24: tweak the loop_until_timeout() macro |
| Date | 2016-07-18 20:20 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <rWlj4-1gf-47@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <rVZix-4fE-15@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
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On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 08:40:06PM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> loop_until_timeout() replaced a do {} while loop in the at24 driver
> with a for loop which, under certain circumstances (such as heavy load
> or low value of the write_timeout argument), can lead to the code in
> the loop never being executed.
>
> Make sure that at least one iteration of the code enclosed within
> loop_until_timeout() is always executed.
>
> Suggested-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@baylibre.com>
Applied to for-next, thanks!
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[PATCH] eeprom: at24: tweak the loop_until_timeout() macro Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@baylibre.com> - 2016-07-17 20:50 +0200 Re: [PATCH] eeprom: at24: tweak the loop_until_timeout() macro Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de> - 2016-07-18 20:20 +0200
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