Re: Add msleep_interruptible() function to kernel/timer.c

From: Oliver Neukum
Date: Sun Aug 15 2004 - 07:51:15 EST


Am Sonntag, 15. August 2004 14:18 schrieb maximilian attems:
> while doing kernel-janitor msleep conversion of drivers own (incorrect),
> functions, some places would need msleep_interruptible().
>
> this function is equivalent to:
> current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
> schedule_timeout(timeout);
>
> idea from Ingo Molnar:
> well, aboves is not 100% equivalent because msleep() is uninterruptible so
> stoppage of the md thread (upon shutdown) will occur with only a 250 msec
> delay. Someone should add a msleep_interruptible() function to kernel/timer.c.

[..]
> +/**
> + * msleep_interruptible - sleep waiting for waitqueue interruptions
> + * @msecs: Time in milliseconds to sleep for
> + */
> +void msleep_interruptible(unsigned int msecs)
> +{
> + unsigned long timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(msecs);
> +
> + while (timeout) {
> + set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
> + timeout = schedule_timeout(timeout);
> + }

This is not really interruptible sleep because it is missing a check
for pending signals.

Regards
Oliver
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