On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 12:48:51AM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:
> +     timeout = 0x100000;
> +     do {
> +             reg_val = sunxi_getbits(reg_base + AHCI_PHYCS0R, 0x7, 28);
> +     } while (--timeout && (reg_val != 0x2));
> +     if (!timeout) {
> +             dev_err(dev, "PHY power up failed.\n");
> +             return -EIO;
> +     }

This is not a good way to detect failure - there's several things wrong
here.

First, how long does sunxi_getbits() take?  What does that depend on?
Therefore, how long does it take to time out?

Secondly, what if the success condition becomes true at the same time that
a timeout occurs?

So:

        timeout = some_us_value;
        do {
                reg_val = sunxi_getbits(reg_base + AHCI_PHYCS0R, 0x7, 28);
                if (reg_val == 2)
                        break;

                timeout--;
                if (timeout == 0) {
                        dev_err(dev, "PHY power up failed.\n");
                        return -EIO;
                }

                udelay(1);
        } while (1);

is far more predictable.  Same goes for the other loop in this function.

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