From: Leigh Brown <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 13:09:48 +0000
> This version corrects the whitespace issue. > > orion_mdio_wait_ready uses wait_event_timeout to wait for the > SMI interrupt to fire. wait_event_timeout waits for between > "timeout - 1" and "timeout" jiffies. In this case a 1ms timeout > when HZ is 1000 results in a wait of 0 to 1 jiffies, causing > premature timeouts. > > This fix ensures a minimum timeout of 2 jiffies, ensuring > wait_event_timeout will always wait at least 1 jiffie. > > Issue reported by Nicolas Schichan. > > Tested-by: Nicolas Schichan <[email protected]> > Signed-off-by: Leigh Brown <[email protected]> Applied, and queued up for -stable. I wonder how many other wait_event_timeout() users potentially have this problem. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

