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| author | Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com> | 2020-05-01 23:27:21 +0200 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2020-05-06 17:03:34 -0700 |
| commit | c6af13d334759c33c14b6fad4c676c6d1dbf9564 (patch) | |
| tree | 7ec9292a89a88376a78f4ad035dc9986d1dcad7e /Documentation/timers | |
| parent | 969c54646af0d7d94a5f0f37adbbfe024e85466e (diff) | |
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timer: add fsleep for flexible sleeping
Sleeping for a certain amount of time requires use of different
functions, depending on the time period.
Documentation/timers/timers-howto.rst explains when to use which
function, and also checkpatch checks for some potentially
problematic cases.
So let's create a helper that automatically chooses the appropriate
sleep function -> fsleep(), for flexible sleeping
If the delay is a constant, then the compiler should be able to ensure
that the new helper doesn't create overhead. If the delay is not
constant, then the new helper can save some code.
Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/timers/timers-howto.rst | 3 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/timers/timers-howto.rst b/Documentation/timers/timers-howto.rst index 7e3167bec2b1..afb0a43b8cdf 100644 --- a/Documentation/timers/timers-howto.rst +++ b/Documentation/timers/timers-howto.rst @@ -110,3 +110,6 @@ NON-ATOMIC CONTEXT: short, the difference is whether the sleep can be ended early by a signal. In general, just use msleep unless you know you have a need for the interruptible variant. + + FLEXIBLE SLEEPING (any delay, uninterruptible) + * Use fsleep |