Re: schedule()

From: Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com)
Date: Tue Feb 26 2002 - 15:05:03 EST

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"Richard B. Johnson" wrote:
>
> I just read on this list that:
>
> while(something)
> {
> current->policy |= SCHED_YIELD;
> schedule();
> }
>
> Will no longer be allowed in a kernel module! If this is true, how
> do I loop, waiting for a bit in a port, without wasting CPU time?

Call yield() or better yet, schedule_timeout()

In 2.4, define the above to be yield() in some compatibility module...

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