Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Nov 2001 10:57:07 +0300 | From | Evgeniy Polyakov <> | Subject | Re: Doubt in Kernel Timers |
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On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 23:08:45 -0800 (PST) sekhar raja <manamraja@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Do we need to Stop the timers if we want to Restart > the timers with new expiry time.
You must simply use mod_timer() to change timer expires time.
> I see in some implementations the timers are not > stoped before before they restart. Is it correct?
T.e. they are *not* use del_timer() and after it add_timer() with new expires time? With del and add some races can arise. It is correct to use mod_timer().
> > Thanks in Advance > -Rajasekhar > --- WBR. //s0mbre - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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