1. NAME▲

wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout - waits for completion (w/(to,intr))

2. SYNOPSIS ▲

long __sched wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(struct completion *  x , unsigned long  timeout );

3. ARGUMENTS ▲

x
    holds the state of this particular completion

timeout
    timeout value in jiffies

4. DESCRIPTION ▲

This waits for either a completion of a specific task to be signaled or for a specified timeout to expire. It is interruptible. The timeout is in jiffies.

The return value is -ERESTARTSYS if interrupted, 0 if timed out, positive (at least 1, or number of jiffies left till timeout) if completed.

5. COPYRIGHT ▲