wait_event_interruptible with timeout

lordofring · 08-16-2005, 01:12 PM

Hello,

My kernel is 2.4.27. I would like to wait with timeout until a conditon is met. May I do it in this way?
j = jiffies + delay * HZ;
wait_event_interruptible(my_queue, (my_condition || jiffies > j))?

I suspose that it's a bad solution. What's the better one?

lordofring

btmiller · 08-17-2005, 10:10 PM

Could you just use a plain timer (i.e. init_timer and add_timer)? I know they're available in the 2.6 kernels, but I *think* 2.4 has them too. Unfortunately, I can't check at the moment.