schedule_timeout(9)
NAME
schedule_timeout - sleep until timeout
SYNOPSIS
signed long __sched schedule_timeout(signed long timeout);
ARGUMENTS
- timeout
- timeout value in jiffies
DESCRIPTION
Make the current task sleep until timeout jiffies have elapsed. The
routine will return immediately unless the current task state has been
set (see set_current_state).
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
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
The current task state is guaranteed to be TASK_RUNNING when this
routine returns.
Specifying a timeout value of MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT will schedule 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.