Re: msleep_interruptible() in ethtool ioctl and keyboard input

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On 4/29/05, Venkatesan, Ganesh <[email protected]> wrote:

<snip>
 
> Please send me comments/ideas for further tests/questions for more data.
> 
> Following is the logic that implements the blinking:

<snip>

> static int
> e1000_phys_id(struct net_device *netdev, uint32_t data)
> {
>         struct e1000_adapter *adapter = netdev->priv;
> 
>         if(!data || data > (uint32_t)(MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT / HZ))
>                 data = (uint32_t)(MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT / HZ);
> 
>         if(!adapter->blink_timer.function) {
>                 init_timer(&adapter->blink_timer);
>                 adapter->blink_timer.function =
> e1000_led_blink_callback;
>                 adapter->blink_timer.data = (unsigned long) adapter;
>         }
> 
>         e1000_setup_led(&adapter->hw);
>         mod_timer(&adapter->blink_timer, jiffies);

You really want this timer to go off immediately?

Regardless....

>         msleep_interruptible(data * 1000);

Does the same issue occur if you revert this change and make it

set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
schedule_timeout(data * HZ);

?

Thanks,
Nish
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