The patch titled pm3fb: replace busy waiting with cpu_relax has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was pm3fb-replace-busy-waiting-with-cpu_relax.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: pm3fb: replace busy waiting with cpu_relax From: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@xxxxx> This patch replaces busy waiting with the cpu_relax() call. This makes scrolling faster. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@xxxxx> Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/video/pm3fb.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/video/pm3fb.c~pm3fb-replace-busy-waiting-with-cpu_relax drivers/video/pm3fb.c --- a/drivers/video/pm3fb.c~pm3fb-replace-busy-waiting-with-cpu_relax +++ a/drivers/video/pm3fb.c @@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ static inline void PM3_WRITE_REG(struct static inline void PM3_WAIT(struct pm3_par *par, u32 n) { - while (PM3_READ_REG(par, PM3InFIFOSpace) < n); + while (PM3_READ_REG(par, PM3InFIFOSpace) < n) + cpu_relax(); } static inline void PM3_WRITE_DAC_REG(struct pm3_par *par, unsigned r, u8 v) @@ -209,8 +210,8 @@ static int pm3fb_sync(struct fb_info *in PM3_WRITE_REG(par, PM3Sync, 0); mb(); do { - while ((PM3_READ_REG(par, PM3OutFIFOWords)) == 0); - rmb(); + while ((PM3_READ_REG(par, PM3OutFIFOWords)) == 0) + cpu_relax(); } while ((PM3_READ_REG(par, PM3OutputFifo)) != PM3Sync_Tag); return 0; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from krzysztof.h1@xxxxx are origin.patch git-alsa.patch cyber2000fb-checkpatch-fixes.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