On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 6:14 PM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > (from now on, i'll use "ELDD" to refer to the book "essential linux > device drivers.") > > on p. 34 of ELDD, we see an example of using schedule_timeout(): > > unsigned long timeout = jiffies + HZ; > schedule_timeout(timeout); > > that doesn't look right, does it? i thought schedule_timeout() took, > as an arg, the number of clock ticks to wait. what the above is doing > is calculating an actual *time* in the future, "jiffies + HZ" > representing the time (in jiffies) one second from now. > > or am i misreading something? Uhum, I agree with you Robert. schedule_timeout() should take its parameter as sleep interval, not the when it should be awaken. regards, Mulyadi. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
