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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: ache@nagual.pp.ru, brian@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: cvs commit:  src/usr.sbin/ppp timer.c
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>>   Modified:    usr.sbin/ppp  timer.c
>>   Log:
>>   Set setitimer() arg correctly.
>
>This commit not needed, read man setitimer.

Actually it is, read the kernel source :-).  The kernel checks the interval
even when it doesn't use it and fails without doing anything if the interval
is garbage (tv_sec < 0 || tv_sec > 10^8 || tv_usec < 0 || tv_usec >= 10^6).

Bruce