Re: [PATCH v2] staging: greybus: loopback: Use fsleep() for delay

From: Alex Elder

Date: Fri Oct 23 2026 - 08:49:16 EST


On 10/22/26 3:24 PM, pavankumaryalagada@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
From: Yalagada Pavan Kumar <pavankumaryalagada@xxxxxxxxx>

In the loopback function, usleep_range() is used for short delays
and msleep() for longer delays. This requires choosing the delay
function based on the requested time and converting microseconds
to milliseconds when using msleep().

Replace both functions with fsleep(), which chooses a delay
delay method based on the requested time. For short delays,

s/delay delay/delay/

I think "checkpatch.pl" would have caught this.

Maybe Greg can fix this up.


fsleep() allows up to 25% extra time instead of the fixed 100
microseconds. For longer delays, the old code rounds the
requested time down to whole milliseconds, while fsleep() rounds
it up when using msleep().

These changes may affect time between loopback operations and
the reported performance.

Suggested-by: Alex Elder <elder@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Yalagada Pavan Kumar <pavankumaryalagada@xxxxxxxxx>

Looks good to me. Nice job.

Reviewed-by: Alex Elder <elder@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
v2:
- Add more details about how fsleep() affects delays.
- Update the subject to include the loopback module.

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/outreachy/c482704b-903e-413d-ba7b-5bf31c0a6104@xxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#t
---
drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c | 8 ++------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c
index efc69c10cffe..2fe845eaef29 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c
@@ -898,12 +898,8 @@ static int gb_loopback_fn(void *data)
gb->send_count++;
mutex_unlock(&gb->mutex);
- if (us_wait) {
- if (us_wait < 20000)
- usleep_range(us_wait, us_wait + 100);
- else
- msleep(us_wait / 1000);
- }
+ if (us_wait)
+ fsleep(us_wait);
}
gb_pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(bundle);