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Message-Id: <20130103150816.f0dda169.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 15:08:16 -0800 From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> To: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@...gle.com> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-aio@...ck.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, zab@...hat.com, bcrl@...ck.org, jmoyer@...hat.com, axboe@...nel.dk, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, tytso@....edu Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/32] wait: Add wait_event_hrtimeout() On Wed, 26 Dec 2012 17:59:51 -0800 Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@...gle.com> wrote: > Analagous to wait_event_timeout() and friends, this adds > wait_event_hrtimeout() and wait_event_interruptible_hrtimeout(). > > Note that unlike the versions that use regular timers, these don't > return the amount of time remaining when they return - instead, they > return 0 or -ETIME if they timed out. Why is this? > +/** > + * wait_event_hrtimeout - sleep until a condition gets true or a timeout elapses > + * @wq: the waitqueue to wait on > + * @condition: a C expression for the event to wait for > + * @timeout: timeout, in jiffies > + * > + * The process is put to sleep (TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE) until the > + * @condition evaluates to true or a signal is received. > + * The @condition is checked each time the waitqueue @wq is woken up. > + * > + * wake_up() has to be called after changing any variable that could > + * change the result of the wait condition. > + * > + * The function returns 0 if @condition became true, or -ETIME if the timeout > + * elapsed. > + */ this, methinks: --- a/include/linux/wait.h~wait-add-wait_event_hrtimeout-fix +++ a/include/linux/wait.h @@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ do { \ * wait_event_hrtimeout - sleep until a condition gets true or a timeout elapses * @wq: the waitqueue to wait on * @condition: a C expression for the event to wait for - * @timeout: timeout, in jiffies + * @timeout: timeout, as a ktime_t * * The process is put to sleep (TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE) until the * @condition evaluates to true or a signal is received. @@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ do { \ * wait_event_interruptible_hrtimeout - sleep until a condition gets true or a timeout elapses * @wq: the waitqueue to wait on * @condition: a C expression for the event to wait for - * @timeout: timeout, in jiffies + * @timeout: timeout, as a ktime_t * * The process is put to sleep (TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE) until the * @condition evaluates to true or a signal is received. _ -- 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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