[dmaengine] [Q] jiffies value does not increase in dma_sync_wait()

[Russell King - ARM Linux]

On Fri, Feb 03, 2012 at 09:37:48AM +0100, javier Martin wrote:
> I've introduced a couple of printk() to check why this timeout is not
> triggered and I've found that the value of jiffies does not increase
> between loop iterations (i. e. it's like time didn't advance).
> 
> Does anyobody know what reasons could make jiffies not being updated?

Are interrupts disabled?