> >hmm, why not just: > > expire = timespec_to_jiffies(&t); > >if tv_sec and tv_sec are zero, do you need to sleep at all? > > > > Jocke > > > > > sleep(0) could be defined as: > -schedule to next task if there is any (just call schedule() ) > -sleep minimum value (1 jiffie) > > default kernel (no timer patches) uses second definition,
No, linux uses the first definition(or whatever schedule_timeout(0) does). If t is zero then expire also becomes zero. > > there is special call schedule_timeout(MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT) which also > calls schedule() ? Jocke ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
