Re: 2.4.6 possible problem

Alex Ivchenko (aivchenko@ueidaq.com)
Tue, 17 Jul 2001 14:44:30 -0400


Well,

> funct()
> {
> size_t ticks;
> wait_queue_head_t wqhead;
> init_waitqueue_head(&wqhead);
>
> ticks = 1 * HZ; /* For 1 second */
> while((ticks = interruptible_sleep_on_timeout(&wqhead, ticks)) > 0)
> ;
> }
Well, this works.

The question is: should I call init_waitqueue_head() every time I call
interruptible_sleep_on_timeout() or is it enough to call it once in init_module() ?

Another one: should I call wake_up_interruptible() to release pending request?

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Alex

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