Re: [PATCH v2 05/10] mtd: rawnand: denali: use more precise timeout for NAND_OP_WAITRDT_INSTR

[Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Masahiro,

Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on Tue, 12 Feb
2019 16:12:57 +0900:

> Currently, wait_for_completion_timeout() is always passed in the
> hard-coded msec_to_jiffies(1000). There is no specific reason for
> 1000 msec, but it was chosen to be long enough.
> 
> With the exec_op() conversion, NAND_OP_WAITRDY_INSTR provides more
> precise timeout value, depending on the preceding command. Let's use
> it (+ 100 msec) to bail out earlier in error case. The 100 msec extra
> is in case the heavy load on the system.
> 
> I am still keeping the hard-coded values for other higher level hooks
> such as page_read, page_write, etc. We know the value of tR, tPROG, but
> we have unknowledge about the data transfer speed of the DMA engine.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I really am not convinced by this change. Please just define a timeout
big enough for most cases (1000 is okay) and use it systematically.

Thanks,
Miquèl

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