Re: Doubt in Kernel Timers

Evgeniy Polyakov (johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru)
Tue, 27 Nov 2001 10:57:07 +0300


On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 23:08:45 -0800 (PST)
sekhar raja <manamraja@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Do we need to Stop the timers if we want to Restart
> the timers with new expiry time.

You must simply use mod_timer() to change timer expires time.

> I see in some implementations the timers are not
> stoped before before they restart. Is it correct?

T.e. they are *not* use del_timer() and after it add_timer() with new
expires time?
With del and add some races can arise.
It is correct to use mod_timer().

>
> Thanks in Advance
> -Rajasekhar
>

---
WBR. //s0mbre
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/