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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/time/timer.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/time/timer.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c index 12681c9a7683..88aab86a4594 100644 --- a/kernel/time/timer.c +++ b/kernel/time/timer.c @@ -1691,11 +1691,12 @@ static void process_timeout(unsigned long __data) * You can set the task state as follows - * * %TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE - at least @timeout jiffies are guaranteed to - * pass before the routine returns. The routine will return 0 + * pass before the routine returns unless the current task is explicitly + * woken up, (e.g. by wake_up_process())". * * %TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE - the routine may return early if a signal is - * delivered to the current task. In this case the remaining time - * in jiffies will be returned, or 0 if the timer expired in time + * delivered to the current task or the current task is explicitly woken + * up. * * The current task state is guaranteed to be TASK_RUNNING when this * routine returns. @@ -1704,7 +1705,9 @@ static void process_timeout(unsigned long __data) * the CPU away without a bound on the timeout. In this case the return * value will be %MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT. * - * In all cases the return value is guaranteed to be non-negative. + * Returns 0 when the timer has expired otherwise the remaining time in + * jiffies will be returned. In all cases the return value is guaranteed + * to be non-negative. */ signed long __sched schedule_timeout(signed long timeout) { |