Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > as i understand it, schedule_timeout() should always be called with > a current->state of TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE or TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, no?
No. Yes, it is pointless to call schedule() if it is known that ->state == TASK_RUNNING, but sometimes the task doesn't know its state when it calls schedule/schedule_timeout, the state could be changed by try_to_wake_up(). See wait_event_timeout() as an example. Oleg. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
