Re: Driver timeout

[linux-os (Dick Johnson)]

On Fri, 28 Jul 2006, Alan Cox wrote:

> Ar Gwe, 2006-07-28 am 11:54 -0400, ysgrifennodd linux-os (Dick Johnson):
>>
>> Hello list,
>> What is the correct error code for a driver to return if
>> the requested operation timed out?
>
> If the operation is blocking then
> 	ETIMEDOUT - if a timeout occurred
>
> possibly also
> 	ETIME	  - if a timer of some kind expired
>
> If you know why it timed out you may want to return that instead to
> provide more information (eg the net code returns things like 'Host
> down')
>

Okay, thanks. We are trying to standardize everything here.

Also, thanks to the others who answered.


Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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