schedule_timeout_* takes a timeout in jiffies but the code currently is passing in a constant which makes this timeout HZ dependent, so pass it through msecs_to_jiffies() to fix this up.
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <hof...@osadl.org> --- patch was compile tested with x86_64_defconfig + CONFIG_IPMI_HANDLER=m Patch is against 4.4-rc8 (localversion-next is -next-20160107) drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c index 9fda22e..251d546 100644 --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c @@ -1099,7 +1099,8 @@ static int ipmi_thread(void *data) schedule(); else if (smi_result == SI_SM_IDLE) { if (atomic_read(&smi_info->need_watch)) { - schedule_timeout_interruptible(100); + schedule_timeout_interruptible( + msecs_to_jiffies(100)); } else { /* Wait to be woken up when we are needed. */ __set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/