Re: [PATCH] cifs: fix msleep() is imprecise

[Aurélien Aptel]

Yejune Deng <yejune.deng@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> No。I just see Documentation/timers/timers-howto.rst and don't
> recommend using msleep() for (1ms - 20ms). It recommends using
> usleep_range(). And fsleep() is flexible sleeping.

I think what Steve is asking is does using fsleep() changes anything
regarding yielding i.e. does it affect how tasks/processes get
scheduled. AFAIK, this msleep(1) in the code is to give a hint and let
the kernel run other tasks, in particular the ones waiting on the
request and response queue.

Cheers,
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