linux-kernel - Re: sparc64 / bbc

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Date:	Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:29:02 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	Joerg.Friedrich@...edrich-kn.de
Cc:	j.j.green@...ffield.ac.uk, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: sparc64 / bbc_i2c.c

From: Joerg Friedrich <Joerg.Friedrich@...edrich-kn.de>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:22:39 +0100

> Can you just tell me if it's sufficient to check for  a return value >0
> of wait_event_interruptible_timeout? I was not sure so I extended the
> check to 
> if ((val != -ERESTARTSYS) && (val > 0))

I changed the check to just "val > 0".

The comments in the kernel around the implementation and
declaration of the function wait_event_interruptible()
VERY CLEARLY state that the possible return values are:

1) Negative error code on interrupt
2) Zero if timeout expired
3) Positive non-zero value if condition became true before
   timeout expired

So there is no doubt that "val > 0" is sufficient.
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