Re: [linux-pm] QUESTION: How to fix race between .suspend routine and watchdog timer

From: Maxim Levitsky
Date: Sun Oct 28 2007 - 15:19:28 EST


On Sunday 28 October 2007 00:24:10 Alan Stern wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Oct 2007, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
>
> > > Use del_timer_sync(). It guarantees that when it returns, the timer
> > > will be stopped and the timer routine will no longer be running on any
> > > CPU.
> > >
> > Even if the timer re-enables itself, are you sure?
>
> Last time I looked at the source code, that's what it did. I'll look
> again... Yep, it still does. It checks to see if the timer routine is
> currently running; if so then it waits a little while and tries again.
>
> Alan Stern
>
>

Thanks, a lot,
Best regards,
Maxim Levitsky
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