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[Kernel-janitors] Re: [PATCH] he: replace schedule_timeout() with msleep(): msg#00195

Subject: [Kernel-janitors] Re: [PATCH] he: replace schedule_timeout() with msleep()
its never been critical that the he sleeps the exact time indicated
but using msleep() doesnt bother me either.

In message <20040719211559.GA5209@xxxxxxxxxx>,Nishanth Aravamudan writes:
>I would appreciate any comments from the janitors list. If this is ok, I
>have many more with similar fixes.
>
>Thanks,
>Nish
>
>
>
>Applys-to: 2.6.7
>
>Description: Uses msleep() instead of schedule_timeout() to guarantee
>the task delays at least the desired time amount.
>
>Signed-off-by: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>--- linux-vanilla/drivers/atm/he.c     2004-06-16 05:18:59.000000000 +0000
>+++ linux-dev/drivers/atm/he.c 2004-07-02 17:19:27.000000000 +0000
>@@ -2595,8 +2595,7 @@ he_close(struct atm_vcc *vcc)
> 
>               while (((tx_inuse = atomic_read(&vcc->sk->sk_wmem_alloc)) > 0) 
>&&
>                      (retry < MAX_RETRY)) {
>-                      set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
>-                      (void) schedule_timeout(sleep);
>+                      msleep(jiffies_to_msecs(sleep));
>                       if (sleep < HZ)
>                               sleep = sleep * 2;
> 
>
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