> -----Original Message----- > From: Arnd Bergmann [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, May 30, 2016 10:01 AM > To: Baranowska, BeataX <[email protected]> > Cc: Hunter, Adrian <[email protected]>; Ulf Hansson > <[email protected]>; [email protected]; linux- > [email protected]; Dong, Chuanxiao <[email protected]>; > Jarosz, SebastianX <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [PATCH] mmc: sdhci: use udelay instead of mdelay > > On Monday, May 30, 2016 7:55:55 AM CEST Baranowska, BeataX wrote: > > From: Chuanxiao Dong <[email protected]> > > > > This patch will use udelay instead of mdelay when waiting for SDHCI > > hardware to be stable. udelay can help to reduce the waiting time when > > is in critical region which is protected by spinlock. > > > > With this patch, __sdhci_set_ios only take a few microseconds to be > > done. > > > > Signed-off-by: Chuanxiao Dong <[email protected]> > > --- > > drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c | 18 +++++++++--------- > > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c index > > e010ea4eb6f5..56d2c7567d97 100644 > > --- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c > > +++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c > > @@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ void sdhci_reset(struct sdhci_host *host, u8 mask) > > sdhci_runtime_pm_bus_off(host); > > } > > > > - /* Wait max 100 ms */ > > - timeout = 100; > > + /* Wait max 10000 ms */ > > + timeout = 10000; > > > > /* hw clears the bit when it's done */ > > while (sdhci_readb(host, SDHCI_SOFTWARE_RESET) & mask) { @@ > > -185,7 +185,7 @@ void sdhci_reset(struct sdhci_host *host, u8 mask) > > return; > > } > > timeout--; > > - mdelay(1); > > + udelay(10); > > } > > } > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sdhci_reset); > > This can significantly increase the timeout length. I think you should instead > use time_before() to see how many jiffies have passed since the start. > > However, the real question is why the reset function gets called under a > spinlock in the first place. Can you try to rearrange the code so it doesn't > need the lock at all and you can just use msleep() instead? > > Arnd
Thank you for your quick reply. Could you please clarify what do you mean is called under a spinlock? Any is not used here? Beata Baranowska
