Re: interruptible_sleep_on_timeout() and signals

David Woodhouse (dwmw2@infradead.org)
Thu, 19 Sep 2002 08:16:52 +0100

imran.badr@cavium.com said:
> How would I figure out whether interruptible_sleep_on_timeout()
> returned on a timeout condition, someone called wakeup() or the user
> pressed CTRL-C i.e., interrupted by a signal? Is signal_pending()the
> right choice ?

Don't forget that there can also be any combination of two or all three of
the above. Don't use sleep_on functions because they're almost impossible
to use correctly.

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dwmw2




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