Hi, Please consider applying. Description: Use msleep_interruptible() instead of schedule_timeout() to guarantee the task delays as expected. Changed tm to an int, as it now is in terms of msecs, not jiffies. Signed-off-by: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc at us.ibm.com> --- 2.6.11-rc1-kj-v/drivers/w1/w1_therm.c 2005-01-15 16:55:44.000000000 -0800 +++ 2.6.11-rc1-kj/drivers/w1/w1_therm.c 2005-01-21 13:41:08.000000000 -0800 @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ #include <linux/moduleparam.h> #include <linux/device.h> #include <linux/types.h> +#include <linux/delay.h> #include "w1.h" #include "w1_io.h" @@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ static ssize_t w1_therm_read_bin(struct if (!w1_reset_bus (dev)) { int count = 0; u8 match[9] = {W1_MATCH_ROM, }; - unsigned long tm; + unsigned int tm = 750; memcpy(&match[1], (u64 *) & sl->reg_num, 8); @@ -136,11 +137,8 @@ static ssize_t w1_therm_read_bin(struct w1_write_8(dev, W1_CONVERT_TEMP); - tm = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(750); - while(time_before(jiffies, tm)) { - set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); - schedule_timeout(tm-jiffies); - + while (tm) { + tm = msleep_interruptible(tm); if (signal_pending(current)) flush_signals(current); }