Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932125AbVJaMrs (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Oct 2005 07:47:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932438AbVJaMrr (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Oct 2005 07:47:47 -0500 Received: from styx.suse.cz ([82.119.242.94]:21893 "EHLO mail.suse.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932125AbVJaMrr (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Oct 2005 07:47:47 -0500 Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 13:47:46 +0100 From: Vojtech Pavlik To: Dmitry Torokhov Cc: linux-input@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, Andrew Morton , LKML Subject: Re: [RFT/PATCH] atkbd - speed up setting leds/repeat state Message-ID: <20051031124746.GC18147@ucw.cz> References: <200510310224.03010.dtor_core@ameritech.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200510310224.03010.dtor_core@ameritech.net> X-Bounce-Cookie: It's a lemon tree, dear Watson! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 870 Lines: 25 On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 02:24:02AM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > Input: atkbd - speed up setting leds/repeat state > > Changing led state is pretty slow operation; when there are multiple > requests coming at a high rate they may interfere with normal typing. > Try optimize (skip) changing hardware state when multiple requests > are coming back-to-back. > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov It looks good - just two comments: 1) wmb() shouldn't be needed after set_bit() 2) maybe we want to enforce the delay before we send the next SET_LED command. -- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs, SuSE CR - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/