Re: [KJ] [patch] fix common mistake in polling loops

["Darren Jenkins" <darrenrjenkins@gmail.com>]

G'day,

On 8/10/06, Andrew James Wade <andrew.j.wade@gmail.com> 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.