Re: [patch 1/4] drivers/char/ip2/i2lib.c: replace direct assignment with set_current_state()

[Nish Aravamudan]

On 7/8/05, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> domen@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > @@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ i2QueueCommands(int type, i2ChanStrPtr p
> >                       timeout--;   // So negative values == forever
> >
> >               if (!in_interrupt()) {
> 
> I worry about what this driver is trying to do...
> 
> > -                     current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
> > +                     set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
> >                       schedule_timeout(1);    // short nap
> 
> We do this all over the place.  Adding new schedule_timeout_interruptible()
> and schedule_timeout_uninterruptible() would reduce kernel size and neaten
> things up.

I'll get a patch and users set up soon to do just this.

Thanks,
Nish
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