Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Add schedule_timeout_{interruptible,uninterruptible}{,_msecs}() interfaces | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | Sat, 23 Jul 2005 09:32:35 -0400 |
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On Sat, 2005-07-23 at 15:29 +0200, Roman Zippel wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, 23 Jul 2005, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > > jiffies/HZ is the more powerful API. The msec one which also sets > > current to (un)interruptible is the simplified wrapper on top. > > So why do you want to hide it?
I don't want to hide it at all. I want to provide a simpler variant for it for the cases where a simpler variant is enough. It really is a helper to take some common task and get that closer to what the programmer wants (wallclock time delay)
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