Re: wake_up_interruptible

Michał Nazarewicz <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.newbie
Organization Samsung Electronics
Message-ID <op.vck0ovk47p4s8u@pikus>
On Tue, 11 May 2010 22:32:46 +0200, Fundu <[email protected]> wrote:
> what happen when you call wake_up_interruptible and there are no task waiting on that wait queue right then.
>
> But say after some time a task comes along and start waiting (after the wake_up_interruptible is called).
> Would that task be not wait at all because there was a pending wake up

It will be waiting for another wake up.

> What i'm looking for is a mechanism where by any old wake if not acted upon are lost.

Semahore may be a good option.

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