Thread (7 messages) 7 messages, 4 authors, 2015-12-13
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[PATCH 1/2] serial: amba-pl011: use cpu_relax when polling registers

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <hidden>
Date: 2015-12-13 06:04:59
Also in: linux-serial

On Tue, Nov 03, 2015 at 09:01:06AM -0600, Timur Tabi wrote:
Busy loops that poll on a register should call cpu_relax().  On some
architectures, it can lower CPU power consumption or yield to a
hyperthreaded twin processor.  It also serves as a compiler barrier,
so it can replace barrier() calls.

Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Peter Hurley <redacted>
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 drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
Doesn't apply to my tree :(
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