The controller should provide an answer nearly immediately if the fan_tach period is short. I found through testing that the combination of these factors improved the device driver responsiveness. Testing: tested on quanta-q71l board with aspeed ast2400. Signed-off-by: Patrick Venture <venture@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/hwmon/aspeed-pwm-tacho.c | 16 +++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/aspeed-pwm-tacho.c b/drivers/hwmon/aspeed-pwm-tacho.c index 86e2ea8287a7..9559c7b7e8c7 100644 --- a/drivers/hwmon/aspeed-pwm-tacho.c +++ b/drivers/hwmon/aspeed-pwm-tacho.c @@ -509,6 +509,7 @@ static int aspeed_get_fan_tach_ch_rpm(struct aspeed_pwm_tacho_data *priv, u8 fan_tach_ch) { u32 raw_data, tach_div, clk_source, sec, val; + u32 timeout = 0; u8 fan_tach_ch_source, type, mode, both; regmap_write(priv->regmap, ASPEED_PTCR_TRIGGER, 0); @@ -517,12 +518,17 @@ static int aspeed_get_fan_tach_ch_rpm(struct aspeed_pwm_tacho_data *priv, fan_tach_ch_source = priv->fan_tach_ch_source[fan_tach_ch]; type = priv->pwm_port_type[fan_tach_ch_source]; - sec = (1000 / aspeed_get_fan_tach_ch_measure_period(priv, type)); - msleep(sec); - regmap_read(priv->regmap, ASPEED_PTCR_RESULT, &val); - if (!(val & RESULT_STATUS_MASK)) - return -ETIMEDOUT; + /* + * Instead of sleeping first, poll register for result. + * This is based on the reference driver's approach which expects to + * receive a value quickly. + */ + while (!(val & RESULT_STATUS_MASK)) { + timeout++; + if (timeout > 25) + return -ETIMEDOUT; + } raw_data = val & RESULT_VALUE_MASK; tach_div = priv->type_fan_tach_clock_division[type]; -- 2.13.1.611.g7e3b11ae1-goog -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hwmon" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html