From: Borislav Petkov <bp@amd64.org>
To: Ming Lei <ming.lei@canonical.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 12/13] driver core: firmware loader: use small timeout for cache device firmware
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:36:55 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120726123655.GE30717@aftab.osrc.amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1343149213-10160-13-git-send-email-ming.lei@canonical.com>
On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 01:00:12AM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> Because device_cache_firmwares only cache the firmware which has been
> loaded sucessfully at leat once, using a small loading timeout should
least
> be OK.
Your commit message doesn't explain why exactly we decrease the timeout:
you should probably say that this patch overrides the default 60s
timeout because we're in pre-suspend/-hibernate mode where we have
userspace and are able to load the firmware quickly.
Thanks.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-07-26 12:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-07-24 17:00 [RFC PATCH 00/13] firmware loader: introduce cache/uncache firmware Ming Lei
2012-07-24 17:00 ` [RFC PATCH 01/13] driver core: firmware loader: simplify pages ownership transfer Ming Lei
2012-07-24 18:10 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-07-25 2:49 ` Ming Lei
2012-07-24 17:00 ` [RFC PATCH 02/13] driver core: firmware loader: fix races during loading firmware Ming Lei
2012-07-24 17:00 ` [RFC PATCH 03/13] driver core: firmware loader: remove unnecessary wmb() Ming Lei
2012-07-24 17:00 ` [RFC PATCH 04/13] driver core: firmware loader: fix creation failure of fw loader device Ming Lei
2012-07-24 17:00 ` [RFC PATCH 05/13] driver core: firmware loader: introduce firmware_buf Ming Lei
2012-07-25 13:59 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-07-26 2:51 ` Ming Lei
2012-07-26 10:08 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-07-24 17:00 ` [RFC PATCH 06/13] driver core: firmware loader: always let firmware_buf own the pages buffer Ming Lei
2012-07-25 7:55 ` Stephen Boyd
2012-07-25 14:37 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-08-03 8:34 ` Ming Lei
2012-07-25 16:02 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-07-25 16:13 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-07-24 17:00 ` [RFC PATCH 07/13] driver core: firmware loader: introduce cache_firmware and uncache_firmware Ming Lei
2012-07-25 7:54 ` Stephen Boyd
2012-07-26 2:34 ` Ming Lei
2012-07-25 15:52 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-07-26 2:40 ` Ming Lei
2012-07-24 17:00 ` [RFC PATCH 08/13] driver core: firmware loader: fix device lifetime Ming Lei
2012-07-25 16:04 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-07-26 2:59 ` Ming Lei
2012-07-26 12:20 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-07-26 15:44 ` Ming Lei
2012-07-26 17:46 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-07-27 1:30 ` Ming Lei
2012-07-27 10:32 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-07-28 14:04 ` Ming Lei
2012-07-24 17:00 ` [RFC PATCH 09/13] driver core: firmware loader: store firmware name into devres list Ming Lei
2012-07-25 16:15 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-07-26 15:15 ` Ming Lei
2012-07-24 17:00 ` [RFC PATCH 10/13] driver core: devres: introduce devres_for_each_res Ming Lei
2012-07-25 16:25 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-07-26 16:51 ` Ming Lei
2012-07-24 17:00 ` [RFC PATCH 11/13] driver core: firmware: introduce devices_cache/uncache_firmwares Ming Lei
2012-07-25 16:52 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-07-26 15:36 ` Ming Lei
2012-07-24 17:00 ` [RFC PATCH 12/13] driver core: firmware loader: use small timeout for cache device firmware Ming Lei
2012-07-26 12:36 ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2012-07-26 15:48 ` Ming Lei
2012-07-26 17:54 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-07-27 1:54 ` Ming Lei
2012-07-27 10:35 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-07-28 13:58 ` Ming Lei
2012-07-24 17:00 ` [RFC PATCH 13/13] driver core: firmware loader: cache devices firmware during suspend/resume cycle Ming Lei
2012-07-26 12:43 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-07-26 15:49 ` Ming Lei
2012-07-24 17:08 ` [RFC PATCH 00/13] firmware loader: introduce cache/uncache firmware Ming Lei
2012-07-24 17:16 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-07-24 17:47 ` Ming Lei
2012-07-24 17:53 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-07-24 17:54 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-07-25 12:35 ` Ming Lei
2012-07-25 12:43 ` Oliver Neukum
2012-07-25 12:50 ` Ming Lei
2012-07-25 12:59 ` Ming Lei
2012-07-25 17:23 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-07-25 19:02 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2012-07-26 2:29 ` Ming Lei
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