On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 06:34 +0000, bunty wrote:
>
> hello all,
> I require a schedule_timeout function statement to have kernel
> module sleep for 5 minutes. I require to call a function from kernel
> module from interval of 5 minutes.
> For that i have written simple kernel module that should print
> string in function and that function be called in a interval of 1
> minute but its printing continually without sleeping.
>
> regards,
> parag.
>
>
> #define MODULE
> #define __KERNEL__
please never ever do those 2 defines inside your module. the buildsystem
will add those automatic, and it gives a big mess if your module ever
goes to the upstream kernel
> {
> reader();
> schedule_timeout(600000);
you have to set the task state like
set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
before you call schedule_timeout()
but you are far better off just using msleep().
(you are using a 2.6 kernel, right?)
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