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Subject: Re: Problem with schedule_timeout..
To: avyas@cse.iitk.ac.in (Avinash vyas)
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 12:38:22 +0000 (GMT)
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> 	I am a relatively newb in the kenel programming. I am using the
> function "schedule_timeout" for sleeping for some time. But in some cases
> the function returns after the specified timeout but in some instance it
> returns immediately, without decrementing the timeout value passed as the
> argument. 

Make sure you have the task set to be in interruptible or uninterrutible
sleep before you do the schedule_timeout

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