Re: ds1620: replace schedule_timeout() with msleep()

[Jesper Juhl <juhl-lkml@dif.dk>]

On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, Domen Puncer wrote:

> On 28/11/04 18:39 +0100, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> > > +++ linux-2.6.9-rc1-bk7-max/drivers/char/ds1620.c	2004-09-01 19:34:43.000000000 +0200
> > > @@ -373,8 +373,7 @@ static int __init ds1620_init(void)
> > >  	th_start.hi = 1;
> > >  	ds1620_write_state(&th_start);
> > >  
> > > -	set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
> > > -	schedule_timeout(2*HZ);
> > > +	msleep(2000);
> > >  
> > >  	ds1620_write_state(&th);
> > >  
> > I'm wondering if 2000 is really the value we want here. As far as I can 
> > see, the  schedule_timeout(2*HZ);  line has been there as long back as 
> > since HZ was 100, so back then the delay would have been 200. if 200 is 
> > all it needs, then we are now sleeping 10 times as long as really needed.
> > What is the argument behind the value used?
> 
> It's right:
> schedule_timeout(2*HZ) sleeps for 2 seconds;
> msleep(2000) sleeps for 2000 miliseconds, and does not depend on what
> HZ is.
> 
It seems I didn't understand schedule_timeout() properly, thank you for 
the clarification.

-- 
Jesper