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Re: [PATCH] ath9k_hw: avoid possible infinite loop in ar9003_get_pll_sqsum_dvc

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On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 01:13:30PM +0530, Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan wrote:
> From: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan <mohammed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> "ath9k: Fix softlockup in AR9485" with commit id
> 64bc1239c790e051ff677e023435d770d2ffa174 fixed the reported
> issue, yet its better to avoid the possible infinite loop
> in ar9003_get_pll_sqsum_dvc by having a timeout as suggested
> by ath9k maintainers.
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg92126.html.
> Based on my testing PLL's locking measurement is done in
> ~200us (2 iterations).
> 
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Rolf Offermanns <rolf.offermanns@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Senthil Balasubramanian <senthilb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan <mohammed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c |   14 +++++++++++++-
>  1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
> index 784baee..a42c26f 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
> @@ -773,13 +773,25 @@ static void ath9k_hw_init_qos(struct ath_hw *ah)
>  
>  u32 ar9003_get_pll_sqsum_dvc(struct ath_hw *ah)
>  {
> +	struct ath_common *common = ath9k_hw_common(ah);
> +	int i = 0;
> +
>  	REG_CLR_BIT(ah, PLL3, PLL3_DO_MEAS_MASK);
>  	udelay(100);
>  	REG_SET_BIT(ah, PLL3, PLL3_DO_MEAS_MASK);
>  
> -	while ((REG_READ(ah, PLL4) & PLL4_MEAS_DONE) == 0)
> +	while ((REG_READ(ah, PLL4) & PLL4_MEAS_DONE) == 0) {
> +
>  		udelay(100);
>  
> +		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(i >= 100)) {
> +			ath_err(common, "PLL4 meaurement not done\n");
> +			break;
> +		}
> +
> +		i++;
How did you come up with 100 as max limit to break the loop?

-Rajkumar
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