On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, George Anzinger wrote:
> John Levon wrote:
> >
> > Am I right ? against test8pre1
> >
> > Also, is it a bug to not set TASK_{UN}INTERRUPTIBLE before doing a
> > schedule_timeout() ? What will happen ?
> >
> Well, first the "timeout" call will return immediately. Next, when the
> time out actually happens, if the task is not TASK_RUNNING (i.e. it is
> waiting for some other thing) it will wake_up. So the sleep is lost and
> it is possible to have a false wake up (could even wake up a zombie).
> If the actual timeout happens while the task is TASK_RUNNING it is
> ignored.
>
> George
>
So it seems to be a bug at least in terms of timing. Unfortunately I only
got about 4 replies to the patches that touched 20+ drivers. I suppose I
should just hassle maintainers until they fix it or tell me where I've
gone wrong ...
john
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