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Subject: Re: character driver - poll() timeout
To: Muni Sekhar <munisekharrms@gmail.com>
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From: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
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Muni Sekhar wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 1:41 PM, Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de> wrote:
>> Muni Sekhar wrote:
>>> Is it possible to print the timeout value in character driver poll() API?
>>
>> No.  Your driver's poll callback never waits.
>>
>> Why do you think you need this value?
>
> I need to find out when exactly driver's poll callback returned timeout.

Your poll callback _cannot_ return a timeout.

Why do you think you need this information for?


Regards,
Clemens