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From:   Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com>
To:     Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] video: fbdev: savage: Replace mdelay with usleep_range
 in savage_init_hw
Date:   Tue, 24 Apr 2018 17:42:51 +0200
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On Tuesday, April 10, 2018 09:05:59 AM Jia-Ju Bai wrote:
> savage_init_hw() is never called in atomic context.
> 
> The call chains ending up at savage_init_hw() are:
> [1] savage_init_hw() <- savagefb_probe()
> [2] savage_init_hw() <- savagefb_resume()
> 
> savagefb_probe() is only set as ".probe" in struct pci_driver.
> savagefb_resume) is only set as ".resume" in struct pci_driver.
> These functions are not called in atomic context.
> 
> Despite never getting called from atomic context, savage_init_hw()
> calls mdelay() to busily wait.
> This is not necessary and can be replaced with usleep_range to
> avoid busy waiting.
> 
> This is found by a static analysis tool named DCNS written by myself.
> And I also manually check it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@gmail.com>

Patch queued for 4.18, thanks.

Best regards,
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Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics