Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 09:04:15 +0400 (MSD) From: =?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.pp.ru> To: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> Cc: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, brian@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, CVS-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-usrsbin@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/ppp timer.c Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970510090252.2672A-100000@nagual.pp.ru> In-Reply-To: <199705100447.FAA10327@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
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On Sat, 10 May 1997, Brian Somers wrote: > > >> 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). > > Should I fix kern/kern_time.c then ? I think that 1) kern_time.c needs fixing, 2) let timer.c code stay as is now to be compatible with other systems possible buggy setitimer() implementations... -- Andrey A. Chernov <ache@null.net> http://www.nagual.pp.ru/~ache/
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