Oooops. Sorry for the confusion. I stand corrected.
K.D. > -----Original Message----- > From: Roland Dreier [mailto:roland at topspincom.com] > Sent: 8. mars 2001 16:42 > To: Embedded Linux list > Cc: K?ri Dav??sson > Subject: Re: Going to sleep atomically > > > > KD> Like in blocking read() and poll() etc? > KD> interruptable_sleep_on() or sleep_on() > > No!! Do _not_ use sleep_on() in new code. It isn't atomic (there is > a race condition where you will miss the wakeup). In an earlier post > to this mailing list > (<http://lists.linuxppc.org/listarcs/linuxppc-embedded/200102/ > msg00093.html>) > I gave the following good advice: > > You really don't want to use sleep_on() any more (Linus wants to > remove it for 2.5). Take a look at > > <http://lwn.net/2001/0201/a/sleep-fix.php3> > > for a safer way to sleep, or use the wait_event macro (in > linux/sched.h). > > Roland > > > ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
