> Here's a code snippet from a module I'm compiling against the 2.2.0-pre9
> source:
> false_alarm:
> timer.expires = jiffies + HZ;
> timer.data = (unsigned long) port;
> timer.function = (timer_fn) parport_ieee1284_wakeup;
> add_timer (&timer);
> printk (KERN_DEBUG "No signal pending\n");
> if (!time_before (jiffies, expire)) {
> /* Timed out. */
> printk (KERN_DEBUG "Timed out\n");
> break;
> }
>
> ecrval = inb (ecr);
> if (!(ecrval & (1<<2)))
> goto false_alarm;
> continue;
> }
i think here is your problem. You've returned from down_interruptible
without having a signal, this means you _got_ the semaphore. In this case
you should not do the 'goto false_alarm' because you will down() forever.
also, you say the timer wakes you up, but only if everything is OK. You
should rather have a timer for the case that the hardware doesnt respond,
this will then up() your process, and the process might retry 5 times if
the hardware is not yet OK.
-- mingo
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