Thread (11 messages) 11 messages, 6 authors, 2018-11-05

[PATCH 2/2] net: xilinx_emaclite: recheck condition after timeout in mdio_wait()

From: davem@davemloft.net (David Miller)
Date: 2018-10-30 18:25:30
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From: Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt@linutronix.de>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 10:31:39 +0100
The function could report a false positive if it gets preempted between reading
the XEL_MDIOCTRL_OFFSET register and checking for the timeout.  In such a case,
the condition has to be rechecked to avoid false positives.

Therefore, check for expected condition even after the timeout occurred.

Signed-off-by: Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt@linutronix.de>
Same objections as your previous patch.

This isn't fixing anything.
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