[PATCH resend] DMA: add cpu_relax() to busy-loop in dma_sync_wait()

From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Date: Wed Dec 05 2012 - 06:26:03 EST


From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [PATCH] DMA: add cpu_relax() to busy-loop in dma_sync_wait()

Removal of the busy-loop from dma_sync_wait() is not a trivial
task so just add cpu_relax() to the loop for now.

Cc: Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dan Williams <djbw@xxxxxx>
Cc: Tomasz Figa <t.figa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/dma/dmaengine.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
===================================================================
--- a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c 2012-11-07 16:12:41.776876102 +0100
+++ b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c 2012-11-07 16:13:04.956876097 +0100
@@ -266,7 +266,10 @@ enum dma_status dma_sync_wait(struct dma
pr_err("%s: timeout!\n", __func__);
return DMA_ERROR;
}
- } while (status == DMA_IN_PROGRESS);
+ if (status != DMA_IN_PROGRESS)
+ break;
+ cpu_relax();
+ } while (1);

return status;
}
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