Re: udelay and nanosleep questions

Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)
Sat, 21 Sep 2002 12:35:46 +0100

On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 01:23:10PM +0200, Jos Hulzink wrote:
> 1) Can I rely on udelay(1) ? i.e. is the resolution high enough to wait at
> least 1 microsecond given it returns normally ? I know the actual
> implementation is platform / cpu dependant, so maybe I should ask: Should
> I be able to rely on udelay(1) ?

udelay() should (note: should) busy wait for at least the requested delay.
It may wait longer though.

Its behaviour in the presence of speedstep type technologies where cpufreq
is not in use is a little undefined; almost anything can happen. However,
with cpufreq in place, we adjust the delay value appropriately so that
a udelay() always sleeps for at least the requested time.

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Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)                The developer of ARM Linux
             http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html


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