wait queues

michi1 at michaelblizek.twilightparadox.com michi1 at michaelblizek.twilightparadox.com
Tue Apr 21 11:05:01 EDT 2015


Hi!

On 12:39 Mon 20 Apr     , Ruben Safir wrote:
> On 04/20/2015 11:23 AM, michi1 at michaelblizek.twilightparadox.com wrote:
> > I would not recommend that. There are already functions in linux/wait.h for
> > these purposes like wait_event_interruptible(). 
> 
> 
> can you do that in the kernel?  The wait_event_interuptable creates wait
> queues?

No, wait_event_interuptable waits on an existing waitqueue. If you want to
create a waitqueue, call init_waitqueue_head().

	-Michi
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