Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 26 Nov 2001 23:08:45 -0800 (PST) | From | sekhar raja <> | Subject | Re: Doubt in Kernel Timers |
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Do we need to Stop the timers if we want to Restart the timers with new expiry time.
I see in some implementations the timers are not stoped before before they restart. Is it correct?
Thanks in Advance -Rajasekhar
--- Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru> wrote: > On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 04:55:17 -0800 (PST) > sekhar raja <manamraja@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > What do i mean is with out Doing add_timer() can > we > > use del_timer(). > > george anzinger is right, you may del_timer() at any > time. > If the timer was actually queued, del_timer() > returns 0, otherwise, it > returns 1. > > But you should use del_timer_sync() to be sure, that > your timer function > is not currentky running on other CPU. > > > > Thanks in Advance > > -Rajasekhar > --- > WBR. //s0mbre
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