The patch titled Char: mxser_new, less loops in isr has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is char-mxser_new-less-loops-in-isr.patch See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Char: mxser_new, less loops in isr From: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx> Loop only 100^2 times, not 99999^2 times in isr (at most). Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/mxser_new.c | 9 +++------ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/char/mxser_new.c~char-mxser_new-less-loops-in-isr drivers/char/mxser_new.c --- a/drivers/char/mxser_new.c~char-mxser_new-less-loops-in-isr +++ a/drivers/char/mxser_new.c @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ #define MXSER_BOARDS 4 /* Max. boards */ #define MXSER_PORTS_PER_BOARD 8 /* Max. ports per board */ #define MXSER_PORTS (MXSER_BOARDS * MXSER_PORTS_PER_BOARD) -#define MXSER_ISR_PASS_LIMIT 99999L +#define MXSER_ISR_PASS_LIMIT 100 #define MXSER_ERR_IOADDR -1 #define MXSER_ERR_IRQ -2 @@ -2222,8 +2222,7 @@ static irqreturn_t mxser_interrupt(int i struct mxser_board *brd = NULL; struct mxser_port *port; int max, irqbits, bits, msr; - int pass_counter = 0; - unsigned int int_cnt; + unsigned int int_cnt, pass_counter = 0; int handled = IRQ_NONE; for (i = 0; i < MXSER_BOARDS; i++) @@ -2237,7 +2236,7 @@ static irqreturn_t mxser_interrupt(int i if (brd == NULL) goto irq_stop; max = brd->info->nports; - while (1) { + while (pass_counter++ < MXSER_ISR_PASS_LIMIT) { irqbits = inb(brd->vector) & brd->vector_mask; if (irqbits == brd->vector_mask) break; @@ -2308,8 +2307,6 @@ static irqreturn_t mxser_interrupt(int i } while (int_cnt++ < MXSER_ISR_PASS_LIMIT); spin_unlock(&port->slock); } - if (pass_counter++ > MXSER_ISR_PASS_LIMIT) - break; /* Prevent infinite loops */ } irq_stop: _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx are git-input.patch char-tty-delete-wake_up_interruptible-after-tty_wakeup.patch char-isicom-remove-tty_hangwakeup-bottomhalves.patch mxser-remove-ambiguous-redefinition-of-init_work.patch make-drivers-char-mxser_newcmxser_hangup-static.patch char-isicom-fix-locking-in-isr.patch char-isicom-augment-card_reset.patch char-isicom-check-card-state-in-isr.patch char-isicom-support-higher-rates.patch char-isicom-correct-probing-removing.patch char-tty_wakeup-cleanup.patch char-mxser_new-mark-init-functions.patch char-mxser_new-remove-useless-spinlock.patch char-serial167-cleanup.patch char-n_r3964-cleanup.patch char-mxser_new-remove-unused-stuff.patch char-mxser-obsolete-old-nonexperimental-new.patch char-mxser_new-remove-tty_wakeup-bottomhalf.patch char-mxser_new-clean-request_irq-call.patch doc-isicom-remove-reserved-ioctl-number.patch char-mxser_new-alter-locking-in-isr.patch char-mxser_new-header-file-cleanup.patch char-mxser_new-less-loops-in-isr.patch char-mxser_new-fix-twice-resource-releasing.patch shrink_slab-handle-bad-shrinkers.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html