Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 26 Feb 2002 15:14:58 -0500 (EST) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: schedule() |
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On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> "Richard B. Johnson" wrote: > > > > I just read on this list that: > > > > while(something) > > { > > current->policy |= SCHED_YIELD; > > schedule(); > > } > > > > Will no longer be allowed in a kernel module! If this is true, how > > do I loop, waiting for a bit in a port, without wasting CPU time? > > Call yield() or better yet, schedule_timeout() > > In 2.4, define the above to be yield() in some compatibility module...
Okay, thanks. I'll change my code to YIELD and define a macro for both versions.
Cheers, Dick Johnson
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