[PATCH V5 1/5] powerpc: introduce macro spin_event_timeout()

Jon Smirl jonsmirl at gmail.com
Tue May 26 23:12:10 EST 2009


On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Mark Brown
<broonie at opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> wrote:
> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 08:34:06AM -0400, Jon Smirl 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.
>
> As previously mentioned you need to submit any changes you want to make
> here as incremental patches against the PowerPC tree rather than as an
> entire new patch.  If you are forwarding on copies of the patch you
> really ought to preserve Timur's authorship too with a From line in the
> mail.

I have reverted back to TImur's original patch  so you can just drop
this patch if that is easier for you.
You'll just need to coordinate the landing so that things land in the
right order.

-- 
Jon Smirl
jonsmirl at gmail.com



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