Re: how to use wait_event_interruptible_timeout

[Gaurav Dhiman <gaurav4lkg@gmail.com>]

On 9/13/05, manomugdha biswas <manomugdhab@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> Hi,
> I am using the this function in the following way:

you are using it wrong way ....

> 
> wait_queue_head_t     VNICClientWQHead;
> 
> /* Initialise the wait q head */
> init_waitqueue_head(&VNICClientWQHead);
> 
> init_waitqueue_entry(&waitQ, current);
> add_wait_queue(sock->sk->sk_sleep, waitQ));

need not to do this at all, as all this is done by
wait_event_interruptible_timepout() function. Just here you initialize
the head of the list.

> 
> /*
>  my code, it reads data from socket
> */
> 
> wait_event_interruptible_timeout(VNICClientWQHead, 0,
> HZ * 100000);
> 
> if no activity is to be done then this process sleeps.
> When some data comes in socket i.e socket becomes
> readable this process should wake up. In kernel 2.4 it
> was working fine using interruptible_sleep_on_time().
> But it is not working in kernel 2.6 even if data
> arrives in socket! The sleeping process never wake up.
> Could you please tell me what is the problem?
> 
> Regards,
> Mano
> 
> 
> --- Gaurav Dhiman <gaurav4lkg@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 9/13/05, manomugdha biswas
> > <manomugdhab@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I was using interruptible_sleep_on_timeout() in
> > kernel
> > > 2.4. In kernel 2.6 I have use
> > > wait_event_interruptible_timeout. But it is now
> > > working!!. interruptible_sleep_on_timeout() was
> > > working fine. Could anyone please help me in this
> > > regard.
> >
> > What problem are you facing with
> > wait_event_interruptible_timeout() in 2.6
> > Elaborate more on it.
> >
> > -Gaurav
> >
> > > Regards,
> > > Mano
> > >
> > > Manomugdha Biswas
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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> 
> 
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