From: "Ricardo J. Rodríguez" <ricardo.rdez@gmail.com>
To: "Alan Cox" <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Semaphores with timeouts
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:34:37 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9a8e2be0802140534y6e013d89k908154456e5d20b4@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080214001454.4e8cb0eb@core>
Hi Alan,
> It's certainly possible to add one but the first question would be "why
> do you need it - what sort of API are you trying to build"
>
The protocol works in adhoc wireless mode, so when I send a packet,
I've to wait a while before I send it again, like TCP timeout
retransmistions work.
Anyway, I've though maybe I can use SIGALRM to know when it expired
and do whatever...
--
Ricardo J. Rodríguez
www.deathhc.tk
#329385 | [Registered Linux User]
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2008-02-14 0:08 Ricardo J. Rodríguez
2008-02-14 0:14 ` Alan Cox
2008-02-14 13:34 ` Ricardo J. Rodríguez [this message]
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