linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cifs: fix msleep() is imprecise

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Date:   Thu, 07 Jan 2021 15:03:17 +0100
From:   Aurélien Aptel <aaptel@...e.com>
To:     Yejune Deng <yejune.deng@...il.com>,
        Steve French <smfrench@...il.com>
Cc:     Steve French <sfrench@...ba.org>,
        CIFS <linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org>,
        samba-technical <samba-technical@...ts.samba.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cifs: fix msleep() is imprecise

Yejune Deng <yejune.deng@...il.com> writes:
> No。I just see Documentation/timers/timers-howto.rst and don't
> recommend using msleep() for (1ms - 20ms). It recommends using
> usleep_range(). And fsleep() is flexible sleeping.

I think what Steve is asking is does using fsleep() changes anything
regarding yielding i.e. does it affect how tasks/processes get
scheduled. AFAIK, this msleep(1) in the code is to give a hint and let
the kernel run other tasks, in particular the ones waiting on the
request and response queue.

Cheers,
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