Re: [PATCH] Use msleep_interruptible for therm_adt7467.c kernelthread

[Andrew Morton]

Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Llu, 2004-09-27 at 11:25, Herbert Xu wrote:
> > The continue is just paranoia in case something relies on the sleep
> > to take 2 seconds or more.
> 
> If the signal occurs then you'll spin for 2 seconds because the signal
> is still waiting to be serviced. This therefore looks broken

It's a kernel thread, so unless it has taken explicit action to enable
signals, it should be OK.
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