Any comments would be appreciated. Description: Use msleep_interruptible() instead of schedule_timeout() to guarantee the task delays as expected. Acked-by: Kai Makisara Signed-off-by: Nishanth Aravamudan Signed-off-by: Maximilian Attems Signed-off-by: Domen Puncer --- kj-domen/drivers/scsi/st.c | 3 +-- 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/scsi/st.c~msleep_interruptible-drivers_scsi_st drivers/scsi/st.c --- kj/drivers/scsi/st.c~msleep_interruptible-drivers_scsi_st 2004-12-25 01:35:04.000000000 +0100 +++ kj-domen/drivers/scsi/st.c 2004-12-25 01:35:04.000000000 +0100 @@ -760,8 +760,7 @@ static int test_ready(struct scsi_tape * if (scode == NOT_READY) { if (waits < max_wait) { - set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); - schedule_timeout(HZ); + msleep_interruptible(1000); if (signal_pending(current)) { retval = (-EINTR); break; _