RE: [PATCH v3 char-misc-next] misc: microchip: pci1xxxx: Add OTP/EEPROM driver for the pci1xxxx switch

From: Tharunkumar.Pasumarthi
Date: Mon Feb 06 2023 - 04:21:01 EST


> From: Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 4:26 PM
> To: Kumaravel Thiagarajan - I21417
> <Kumaravel.Thiagarajan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > + dev_err(&priv->pdev->dev,
> > + "EPC_Timeout, EEPROM is unresponsive: %x\n",
> > + data);
>
> Can this spam the kernel logs? If so, please rate limit it.

This print will only come once at max and will not spam logs.

> > + delay = msecs_to_jiffies(OTP_RW_TIMEOUT_MILLISECONDS);
> > + j0 = jiffies;
> > + j1 = j0 + delay;
>
> Are you sure this math works out? Please use the jiffies math functions
> instead so you can handle wrapping properly.

You suggest using any existing APIs to add jiffies to handle wrapping? I am not able
to find any such API. Can you please point out API name.

Thanks,
Tharun Kumar P