Name
mod_timer — modify a timer's timeout
Synopsis
int fsfuncmod_timer ( | struct timer_list * timer, |
unsigned long expires) ; |
Description
mod_timer
is a more efficient way to update the expire field of an active timer (if the timer is inactive it will be activated)
mod_timer(timer, expires) is equivalent to:
del_timer(timer); timer->expires = expires; add_timer(timer);
Note that if there are multiple unserialized concurrent users of the same timer, then mod_timer
is the only safe way to modify the timeout, since add_timer
cannot modify an already running timer.
The function returns whether it has modified a pending timer or not. (ie. mod_timer
of an inactive timer returns 0, mod_timer
of an active timer returns 1.)