Re: [KJ] [patch] fix common mistake in polling loops
From: Darren Jenkins
Date: Wed Aug 09 2006 - 21:08:45 EST
G'day,
On 8/10/06, Andrew James Wade <andrew.j.wade@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You're getting duplicated code there. That'll be an issue in more
complex loops. How about:
unsigned long timeout = jiffies + HZ/2;
int timeup = 0;
for (;;;) {
if (ready())
return 0;
if (timeup)
break;
msleep(10);
timeup = time_after(timeout, jiffies);
};
... timeout ...
Nice, looks better than my idea.
Removes the code duplication and reduces complexity(a little) at the
cost of an extra variable.
The only Nitpick is
- int timeup = 0;
+ unsigned char timeup = 0;
Andrew Wade
Darren J.
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