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[janitor] sis900: don't use yield()

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Subject: [janitor] sis900: don't use yield()
From: "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 10:38:07 -0700
Cc: jgarzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>, ollie@xxxxxxxxxx
Organization: OSDL
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From: maximilian attems <janitor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

thanks to Felipe W Damasio hint rediffed.
patch is on top of linux-2.6.6-rc2

yield() removes process from active array into expired array,
better just yield the CPU for a bit.
tested on my laptop with a sis900.

a++ maks

Index: linux-266-rc2-kj1/drivers/net/sis900.c
===================================================================
--- linux-266-rc2-kj1.orig/drivers/net/sis900.c 2004-04-03 19:36:57.000000000 
-0800
+++ linux-266-rc2-kj1/drivers/net/sis900.c      2004-04-21 15:32:56.000000000 
-0700
@@ -600,7 +600,8 @@ static int __init sis900_mii_probe (stru
 
        if(status & MII_STAT_LINK){
                while (poll_bit) {
-                       yield();
+                       set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+                       schedule_timeout(HZ/100);
 
                        poll_bit ^= (mdio_read(net_dev, sis_priv->cur_phy, 
MII_STATUS) & poll_bit);
                        if (time_after_eq(jiffies, timeout)) {


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