[PATCH v6] introduce macro spin_event_timeout()

[Timur Tabi]

On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Timur Tabi <timur at freescale.com> wrote:
> The macro spin_event_timeout() takes a condition and timeout value
> (in microseconds) as parameters.  It spins until either the condition is true
> or the timeout expires.  It returns the result of the condition when the loop
> was terminated.
>
> This primary purpose of this macro is to poll on a hardware register until a
> status bit changes.  The timeout ensures that the loop still terminates if the
> bit doesn't change as expected.  This macro makes it easier for driver
> developers to perform this kind of operation properly.

Any comments on this patch?  I'd like to see this macro added to 2.6.31.

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Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale