From d05abab9a47d3245664eee413769af2e1e4b1faf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jiri Slaby Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:04:17 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Char: ds1286, eliminate busy waiting ds1286_get_time(); is not called from atomic context, sleep for 20 ms is better choice than a (home-made) busy waiting for such a situation. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby Acked-by: Ralf Baechle Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- drivers/char/ds1286.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/ds1286.c b/drivers/char/ds1286.c index fb584938c9c..5329d482b58 100644 --- a/drivers/char/ds1286.c +++ b/drivers/char/ds1286.c @@ -443,7 +443,6 @@ static void ds1286_get_time(struct rtc_time *rtc_tm) { unsigned char save_control; unsigned long flags; - unsigned long uip_watchdog = jiffies; /* * read RTC once any update in progress is done. The update @@ -456,8 +455,7 @@ static void ds1286_get_time(struct rtc_time *rtc_tm) */ if (ds1286_is_updating() != 0) - while (time_before(jiffies, uip_watchdog + 2*HZ/100)) - barrier(); + msleep(20); /* * Only the values that we read from the RTC are set. We leave -- 2.41.1