linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] relay: fix timer madness

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Date:	Sat, 20 Jul 2013 01:45:03 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	"zhangwei(Jovi)" <jovi.zhangwei@...wei.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] relay: fix timer madness

On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 10:18:54AM +0800, zhangwei(Jovi) wrote:
> @@ -339,6 +339,10 @@ static void wakeup_readers(unsigned long data)
>  {
>  	struct rchan_buf *buf = (struct rchan_buf *)data;
>  	wake_up_interruptible(&buf->read_wait);
> +	/*
> +	 * Stupid polling for now:
> +	 */
> +	mod_timer(&buf->timer, HZ / 10);

mod_timer() takes an offset so probably "jiffies + HZ / 10" was
intended here and also below.  Certainly passing "HZ / 10" doesn't
make any kind of sense.

regards,
dan carpenter

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