> Where can I find more info about how to use kernel timers ??
Take a look at the struct timer_list in include/linux/timer.h (ignore the
"old" timers). Then look through a kernel driver which uses them and see
how they are used (a good example is drivers/net/tulip.c; grep for timer).
It works somewhat like a signal handler, in that you have a function
returning void that is run asynchronously when the signal is raised (in
this case, the timer expires). Instead of taking the signal as the
argument, the function will take a value you specify in the timer_list.
Just be mindful of how you allocate the struct and care for it; it is not
copied when queued, so accessing it/freeing it will break you. Also, the
timer runs at interrupt-time as well, so you can't sleep/etc there, either.
-bp
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