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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: Joerg.Friedrich@friedrich-kn.de
Cc: j.j.green@sheffield.ac.uk, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: sparc64 / bbc_i2c.c
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:29:02 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070226.212902.78711266.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070227052239.GA30083@stardust.friedrich-kn.de>

From: Joerg Friedrich <Joerg.Friedrich@friedrich-kn.de>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:22:39 +0100

> Can you just tell me if it's sufficient to check for  a return value >0
> of wait_event_interruptible_timeout? I was not sure so I extended the
> check to 
> if ((val != -ERESTARTSYS) && (val > 0))

I changed the check to just "val > 0".

The comments in the kernel around the implementation and
declaration of the function wait_event_interruptible()
VERY CLEARLY state that the possible return values are:

1) Negative error code on interrupt
2) Zero if timeout expired
3) Positive non-zero value if condition became true before
   timeout expired

So there is no doubt that "val > 0" is sufficient.

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: Joerg.Friedrich@friedrich-kn.de
Cc: j.j.green@sheffield.ac.uk, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: sparc64 / bbc_i2c.c
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:29:02 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070226.212902.78711266.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070227052239.GA30083@stardust.friedrich-kn.de>

From: Joerg Friedrich <Joerg.Friedrich@friedrich-kn.de>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:22:39 +0100

> Can you just tell me if it's sufficient to check for  a return value >0
> of wait_event_interruptible_timeout? I was not sure so I extended the
> check to 
> if ((val != -ERESTARTSYS) && (val > 0))

I changed the check to just "val > 0".

The comments in the kernel around the implementation and
declaration of the function wait_event_interruptible()
VERY CLEARLY state that the possible return values are:

1) Negative error code on interrupt
2) Zero if timeout expired
3) Positive non-zero value if condition became true before
   timeout expired

So there is no doubt that "val > 0" is sufficient.

  reply	other threads:[~2007-02-27  5:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-02-20 13:27 sparc64 / bbc_i2c.c J.J. Green
2007-02-25 12:47 ` Andrew Morton
2007-02-25 12:47   ` Andrew Morton
2007-02-25 13:33   ` Emanuele Rocca
2007-02-25 13:33     ` Emanuele Rocca
2007-02-25 23:58   ` J.J.Green
2007-02-25 23:58     ` J.J.Green
2007-02-26 18:12     ` David Miller
2007-02-26 18:12       ` David Miller
2007-02-27  5:22       ` Joerg Friedrich
2007-02-27  5:22         ` Joerg Friedrich
2007-02-27  5:29         ` David Miller [this message]
2007-02-27  5:29           ` David Miller

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