Name

wait_event_hrtimeout — sleep until a condition gets true or a timeout elapses

Synopsis

wait_event_hrtimeout ( wq,
  condition,
  timeout);
 

Arguments

wq

the waitqueue to wait on

condition

a C expression for the event to wait for

timeout

timeout, as a ktime_t

Description

The process is put to sleep (TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE) until the condition evaluates to true or a signal is received. The condition is checked each time the waitqueue wq is woken up.

wake_up has to be called after changing any variable that could change the result of the wait condition.

The function returns 0 if condition became true, or -ETIME if the timeout elapsed.