Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 10:08:20 -0800 From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@monkeys.com> To: asmodai@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/21708: kqueue/kevent man pages isn't specific about `timeout' Message-ID: <4627.974830100@monkeys.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue, 21 Nov 2000 07:23:21 -0800. <200011211523.HAA30351@freefall.freebsd.org>
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In message <200011211523.HAA30351@freefall.freebsd.org>, you wrote: >Synopsis: kqueue/kevent man pages isn't specific about `timeout' > >State-Changed-From-To: open->closed >State-Changed-By: asmodai >State-Changed-When: Tue Nov 21 07:22:51 PST 2000 >State-Changed-Why: >Document the fact that the time parameter is interpreted as >a struct timespec. > >http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=21708 This resolution is *not* adequate. Please refer to my PR again. The problem is that it is not specified whether the timeout is treated as a _relative_ timespec or as an _absolute_ timespec. Just saying that it is a timespec does not resolve the issue. P.S. My own experiments seem to indicate that the timeout value is treated as being _relative_ to the present moment, i.e. the moment at which the call to kevent(2) is actually made. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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