[RFC/PATCH] 2.6.24-rcx: Make sys_poll() wait at least timeout ms

From: Karsten Wiese
Date: Tue Dec 18 2007 - 12:31:37 EST


Hi,

while playing with jackd on 2.6.24-rcx, I found poll() timing out too early.
That is: earlier than its timeout argument specified.
Setting poll()'s timeout argument to "required timeout" + "1 jiffy in ms"
fixed it. Patch below should fix it too. Correct?
Untested.
Otherwise 2.6.24-rc5 ticks just fine here, thanks.

Karsten

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Make sys_poll() wait at least timeout ms

schedule_timeout(jiffies) waits for at least jiffies - 1.
Add 1 jiffie to the timeout_jiffies calculated in sys_poll() to wait at least
timeout_msecs, like poll() manpage says.

Signed-off-by: Karsten Wiese <fzu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/select.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/select.c b/fs/select.c
index 47f4792..5633fe9 100644
--- a/fs/select.c
+++ b/fs/select.c
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_poll(struct pollfd __user *ufds, unsigned int nfds,
timeout_jiffies = -1;
else
#endif
- timeout_jiffies = msecs_to_jiffies(timeout_msecs);
+ timeout_jiffies = msecs_to_jiffies(timeout_msecs) + 1;
} else {
/* Infinite (< 0) or no (0) timeout */
timeout_jiffies = timeout_msecs;
--
1.5.3.6

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