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Date: Wed, 04 May 2011 15:47:17 +0200 From: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@...isch.de> To: "Eibach, Dirk" <Eibach@...ys.de> CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: msleep() an load average Eibach, Dirk wrote: > while(1) msleep_interruptible(1000); > > Is this code really any better? You should handle signals, probably by blocking any that you're not interested in, and exiting on any fatal one. Anyway, polling is bad; this code forces the CPU to wake up once per second. What is your thread _actually_ waiting for? (I guess it has more code than what you wrote?) Regards, Clemens -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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