Moi,

On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 08:54:24PM +0300, Timo Kokkonen wrote:
> @@ -273,9 +281,18 @@ static ssize_t lirc_rx51_write(struct file *file, const 
> char *buf,
>  
>       /*
>        * Don't return back to the userspace until the transfer has
> -      * finished
> +      * finished. However, we wish to not spend any more than 500ms
> +      * in kernel. No IR code TX should ever take that long.
> +      */
> +     i = wait_event_timeout(lirc_rx51->wqueue, lirc_rx51->wbuf_index < 0,
> +                     HZ / 2);

Why such an arbitrary timeout? In reality it might not bite the user space
in practice ever, but is it (and if so, why) really required in the first
place?

Cheers,

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Sakari Ailus
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