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From: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
To: Muni Sekhar <munisekharrms@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: character driver - poll() timeout
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 16:18:06 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <562F95AE.9030904@ladisch.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHhAz+i1-UCk4jUz3+m1=59276xHYw-tgxe=D-1Cm4cOQT1V-g@mail.gmail.com>

Muni Sekhar wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 1:41 PM, Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de> wrote:
>> Muni Sekhar wrote:
>>> Is it possible to print the timeout value in character driver poll() API?
>>
>> No.  Your driver's poll callback never waits.
>>
>> Why do you think you need this value?
>
> I need to find out when exactly driver's poll callback returned timeout.

Your poll callback _cannot_ return a timeout.

Why do you think you need this information for?


Regards,
Clemens

  reply	other threads:[~2015-10-27 15:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-10-27  6:54 Muni Sekhar
2015-10-27  8:11 ` Clemens Ladisch
2015-10-27 14:56   ` Muni Sekhar
2015-10-27 15:18     ` Clemens Ladisch [this message]
2015-10-28  6:41       ` Muni Sekhar
2015-10-28  7:24         ` Clemens Ladisch
2015-10-28 10:15           ` Muni Sekhar
2015-10-27 15:20     ` Richard Weinberger

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