mod_timer_pinned

Langue: en

Version: October 2010 (fedora - 01/12/10)

Section: 9 (Appels noyau Linux)

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NAME

mod_timer_pinned - modify a timer's timeout

SYNOPSIS

int mod_timer_pinned(struct timer_list * timer, unsigned long expires);

ARGUMENTS

timer

the timer to be modified

expires

new timeout in jiffies

DESCRIPTION

mod_timer_pinned is a way to update the expire field of an active timer (if the timer is inactive it will be activated) and not allow the timer to be migrated to a different CPU.

mod_timer_pinned(timer, expires) is equivalent to:

del_timer(timer); timer->expires = expires; add_timer(timer);