Char: ds1286, eliminate busy waiting
authorJiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:04:17 +0000 (22:04 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:21:47 +0000 (11:21 -0700)
ds1286_get_time(); is not called from atomic context, sleep for 20 ms is
better choice than a (home-made) busy waiting for such a situation.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
drivers/char/ds1286.c

index fb584938c9c3b2eb81bb954a8a8af41fa40fbf00..5329d482b582bd06fff9d4acf66b044683de05e5 100644 (file)
@@ -443,7 +443,6 @@ static void ds1286_get_time(struct rtc_time *rtc_tm)
 {
        unsigned char save_control;
        unsigned long flags;
-       unsigned long uip_watchdog = jiffies;
 
        /*
         * read RTC once any update in progress is done. The update
@@ -456,8 +455,7 @@ static void ds1286_get_time(struct rtc_time *rtc_tm)
         */
 
        if (ds1286_is_updating() != 0)
-               while (time_before(jiffies, uip_watchdog + 2*HZ/100))
-                       barrier();
+               msleep(20);
 
        /*
         * Only the values that we read from the RTC are set. We leave