Re: How do I make a kernel module "sleep" without affecting other kernel modules?

[Karthik Subramanian <karthik301176@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Just use schedule_timeout() if you want to do something like this.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
> 

Yes, that's more or less what I did :

void whatever_function ()
{
   /* some stuff happens here, and I have to wait for a few ticks after this */

   current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
   schedule_timeout ( no_of_ticks );

  /* done watiting, continue with whatever I have to do */

}

I wonder if it's bad practice to set current->state directly instead
of using a function like set_current_state (like the way msleep does
in the current kernel source) ?

Thank you, Everybody, for your replies :-). 

Karthik.
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