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From: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@domain.hid>
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Subject: Re: [Xenomai-help] help on alarms..
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To: Prashanti Bedapudi <pbedapudi@domain.hid>
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Prashanti Bedapudi wrote:
> Attached is a piece of code using alarms, but I am seeing some unexpected
> behavior.  Any help will be appreciated.
>
>   
have a look at src/testsuite/latency
it does what I believe youre seeking to do (tho I havent read your code)


> in function main() the program behaves two different ways depending on where
> I have the last printf()
>
> 1. It works fine and terminates as expected if I have it like this
> 	while(!quit_now)
> 	   printf("quit_now = %d\n", quit_now);
>
> 2. It does not terminate if I have it this way. I know quit_now is set to 1,
> since the last statement printed is 'quit_now is set to 1'.
>
> 	while(!quit_now);
> 	printf("quit_now = %d\n", quit_now);
>
> thanks,
> Shanti
>
>