Re: msleep() an load average

[Clemens Ladisch]

Eibach, Dirk wrote:
> while(1) msleep_interruptible(1000);
> 
> Is this code really any better?

You should handle signals, probably by blocking any that you're not
interested in, and exiting on any fatal one.

Anyway, polling is bad; this code forces the CPU to wake up once
per second.  What is your thread _actually_ waiting for?
(I guess it has more code than what you wrote?)


Regards,
Clemens
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