Re: 2.4.6 possible problem

[Alex Ivchenko <aivchenko@ueidaq.com>]

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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