Re: [PATCH v2 04/15] spi: Replace open coded spi_controller_xfer_timeout()

[Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 10:28:13AM +0200, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno wrote:
> Il 10/07/23 17:49, Andy Shevchenko ha scritto:

> > +		ms = spi_controller_xfer_timeout(ctlr, xfer);

> I agree on using helpers, but the logic is slightly changing here: yes it is
> unlikely (and also probably useless) to get ms == UINT_MAX, but the helper is
> limiting the maximum timeout value to 500mS, which may not work for some slow
> controllers/devices.

The helper is limiting the *minimum* timeout value to 500ms - it's using
max() not min().  The idea is the other way around, that for a very fast
transfer we don't want to end up with such a short timeout that it false
triggers due to scheduling issues.

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