Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 08:43:57 +0200 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Andre Oppermann <andre@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/vmstat vmstat.c src/usr.bin/w w.c Message-ID: <8229.1129790637@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 20 Oct 2005 14:01:57 %2B1000." <20051020131450.T99502@delplex.bde.org>
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In message <20051020131450.T99502@delplex.bde.org>, Bruce Evans writes: >On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >Using CLOCK_MONOTONIC doesn't work because it it gives the system's idea >of the time and doesn't try hard to keep in sync with the real time. >In particular, it doesn't jump when the real time is stepped by >settimeofday(2) or clock_settime(2). Uhm, Bruce, That is the exact reason why we have CLOCK_MONOTONIC: it doesn't jump. With respect to leapseconds: Whoever was responsible for POSIX's decision should be forced to work as quality assurance inspector in a factory which makes cuu-cuu clocks for the rest of their lives. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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