Hi, Please consider applying. Description: Use msleep_interruptible() instead of schedule_timeout(). The existing code is not incorrect, but msleep_interruptible() offers two advantages: 1) consistency across the kernel and 2) human-sensible time units (msecs). Signed-off-by: Nishanth Aravamudan Signed-off-by: Domen Puncer --- kj-domen/fs/lockd/clntproc.c | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/lockd/clntproc.c~msleep_interruptible-fs_lockd_clntproc fs/lockd/clntproc.c --- kj/fs/lockd/clntproc.c~msleep_interruptible-fs_lockd_clntproc 2005-01-23 00:24:22.000000000 +0100 +++ kj-domen/fs/lockd/clntproc.c 2005-01-23 00:24:22.000000000 +0100 @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include #include #include @@ -298,8 +299,7 @@ nlmclnt_alloc_call(void) return call; } printk("nlmclnt_alloc_call: failed, waiting for memory\n"); - current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE; - schedule_timeout(5*HZ); + msleep_interruptible(5000); } return NULL; } _