On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 12:02:40 +0000, Tomaz Beltram wrote: > I was looking for a more lightweight solution. I need timed semaphore down > from within a kernel module. The idea was to substitute down() with > down_interruptible() and check for the return value. I would then wake_up > the waiting process from another thread after some time. Dynamic timers > seem just perfect for this job. Obviously, I am not doing it the right way, > as the process remains locked. down_interruptible means it's interruptible with SIGNAL, so it returns only if signal_pending(). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz> -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
