Hi, some minor comments: 2008/8/22 Dominik Brodowski <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > + for (j = 0; j < ACPI_PM_MONOTONICITY_CHECKS; j++) { > + value1 = clocksource_acpi_pm.read(); > + for (i = 0; i < 10000; i++) { > + value2 = clocksource_acpi_pm.read(); > + if (value2 == value1) > + continue; > + if (value2 > value1) > + good++; > + break; > + if ((value2 < value1) && ((value2) < 0xFFF)) The brackets arout value2 are not needed and look strange. > + good++; > + break; > + printk(KERN_INFO "PM-Timer had inconsistent results:" > + " 0x%#llx, 0x%#llx - aborting.\n", > + value1, value2); > + return -EINVAL; > + } > + udelay(300 * i); 300*10000 microseconds seems like a long time to me. Is this the intended maximal delay? > + } > + > + if (good != ACPI_PM_MONOTONICITY_CHECKS) { > + printk(KERN_INFO "PM-Timer failed consistency check " > + " (0x%#llx) - aborting.\n", value1); > + return -ENODEV; If the inner loop runs out once, you alreay know that you will later abort here. Maybe move the check directly after the inner loop to avoid the additional delay (10*10000*300 microseconds = 30 seconds) in case of failure? I hope this helps, Jochen -- http://seehuhn.de/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html