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Message-ID: <562F95AE.9030904@ladisch.de>
Date:	Tue, 27 Oct 2015 16:18:06 +0100
From:	Clemens Ladisch <clemens@...isch.de>
To:	Muni Sekhar <munisekharrms@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: character driver - poll() timeout

Muni Sekhar wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 1:41 PM, Clemens Ladisch <clemens@...isch.de> wrote:
>> Muni Sekhar wrote:
>>> Is it possible to print the timeout value in character driver poll() API?
>>
>> No.  Your driver's poll callback never waits.
>>
>> Why do you think you need this value?
>
> I need to find out when exactly driver's poll callback returned timeout.

Your poll callback _cannot_ return a timeout.

Why do you think you need this information for?


Regards,
Clemens
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