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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 char-misc-next] misc: microchip: pci1xxxx: Add OTP/EEPROM driver for the pci1xxxx switch
On Mon, Feb 06, 2023 at 09:20:51AM +0000, Tharunkumar.Pasumarthi@microchip.com wrote:
> > From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 4:26 PM
> > To: Kumaravel Thiagarajan - I21417
> > <Kumaravel.Thiagarajan@microchip.com>
> > > + dev_err(&priv->pdev->dev,
> > > + "EPC_Timeout, EEPROM is unresponsive: %x\n",
> > > + data);
> >
> > Can this spam the kernel logs? If so, please rate limit it.
>
> This print will only come once at max and will not spam logs.
>
> > > + delay = msecs_to_jiffies(OTP_RW_TIMEOUT_MILLISECONDS);
> > > + j0 = jiffies;
> > > + j1 = j0 + delay;
> >
> > Are you sure this math works out? Please use the jiffies math functions
> > instead so you can handle wrapping properly.
>
> You suggest using any existing APIs to add jiffies to handle wrapping? I am not able
> to find any such API. Can you please point out API name.

I have no context here for what you are doing with the math in jiffies,
but that is usually a very odd thing. If you use the normal timer
functions, you will not have to worry about the wrapping as it is
handled for you, right?

thanks,

greg k-h

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