Re: thread loops: prevent from 100% cpu usage?

["Claudio Polegato Jr." <linux_djos hotmail com>]

Hi,

 When you are waiting for a signal, use signals routines. You can try use 
select or poll if you are opening a file descriptor device.

[]'s

Claudio Polegato Junior

> > my cpu uses 100% of the power due to a loop in a thread I use. How can I
> > prevent from that? (The loop is waiting for a digital-I/O signal from an
> > external device.)
> You could try sleeping for a few milliseconds between tests. If you
> can get an interrupt from the device, that's even better.
> Use usleep(10000) to wait for 10 ms. Other threads will run while you 
> sleep.

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