Re: Add msleep_interruptible() function to kernel/timer.c

[Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>]

Am Sonntag, 15. August 2004 14:18 schrieb maximilian attems:
> while doing kernel-janitor msleep conversion of drivers own (incorrect),
> functions, some places would need msleep_interruptible().
> 
> this function is equivalent to:
>         current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
> 	schedule_timeout(timeout);
> 
> idea from Ingo Molnar:
> well, aboves is not 100% equivalent because msleep() is uninterruptible so
> stoppage of the md thread (upon shutdown) will occur with only a 250 msec
> delay. Someone should add a msleep_interruptible() function to kernel/timer.c.

[..] 
> +/**
> + * msleep_interruptible - sleep waiting for waitqueue interruptions
> + * @msecs: Time in milliseconds to sleep for
> + */
> +void msleep_interruptible(unsigned int msecs)
> +{
> +	unsigned long timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(msecs);
> +
> +	while (timeout) {
> +		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
> +		timeout = schedule_timeout(timeout);
> +	}

This is not really interruptible sleep because it is missing a check
for pending signals.

	Regards
		Oliver