[PATCH] arm: spin one more cycle in timer-based delays

[Mason]

On 20/11/2016 20:44, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 11:18:48AM -0800, Doug Anderson wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 10:29 AM, Mason <slash.tmp at free.fr> wrote:
>>
>>> OK, so loop-based delays are known to be short. Would you or Linus
>>> accept a patch that adds a X% cushion *in the implementation* ?
>>>
>>> You are saying "people shouldn't expect udelay(10) to delay at least
>>> 10 µs, thus they should write udelay(10+N)".
>>>
>>> Why not hide that implementation detail inside the implementation,
>>> so as not to force the pessimization on every other implementation
>>> behind the udelay/ndelay wrapper?
> 
> Try sending Linus a patch for it.

OK, I will.

BTW, any reason why you replied to me via Doug's reply?
Are my messages not reaching your server?

Regards.