Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:17:58 +0300 From: Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> To: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@freebsd.org> Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git: 4395d3ced5cf - main - Document that gettimeofday() is obsolescent Message-ID: <Ziot1oAOlYmFlIpI@kib.kiev.ua> In-Reply-To: <202404250944.43P9i0I5037389@gitrepo.freebsd.org> References: <202404250944.43P9i0I5037389@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 09:44:00AM +0000, Mateusz Piotrowski wrote: > The branch main has been updated by 0mp: > > URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=4395d3ced5cfa46df400b5bb9996f9d74476997e > > commit 4395d3ced5cfa46df400b5bb9996f9d74476997e > Author: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> > AuthorDate: 2024-04-24 11:31:54 +0000 > Commit: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> > CommitDate: 2024-04-25 09:42:59 +0000 > > Document that gettimeofday() is obsolescent > > Reported by: kaktus > Reviewed by: kaktus, pstef > MFC after: 3 days > Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D23942 > --- > lib/libsys/gettimeofday.2 | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++- > 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/lib/libsys/gettimeofday.2 b/lib/libsys/gettimeofday.2 > index 5b867aaad33c..cfba97149199 100644 > --- a/lib/libsys/gettimeofday.2 > +++ b/lib/libsys/gettimeofday.2 > @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ > .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF > .\" SUCH DAMAGE. > .\" > -.Dd May 13, 2021 > +.Dd April 24, 2024 > .Dt GETTIMEOFDAY 2 > .Os > .Sh NAME > @@ -41,6 +41,17 @@ > .Ft int > .Fn settimeofday "const struct timeval *tp" "const struct timezone *tzp" > .Sh DESCRIPTION > +.Em Note : > +The > +.Nm gettimeofday > +function > +.Po but not > +.Nm settimeofday Pc > +is obsolescent. > +See the > +.Sx STANDARDS > +section for more details. > +.Pp > The system's notion of the current Greenwich time and the current time > zone is obtained with the > .Fn gettimeofday > @@ -121,6 +132,18 @@ A user other than the super-user attempted to set the time. > .Xr ctime 3 , > .Xr timeradd 3 , > .Xr clocks 7 > +.Sh STANDARDS > +The > +.Nm gettimeofday > +function is considered obsolescent and its usage discouraged by > +.\" XXX: This should be replaced in the future when an appropriate argument to > +.\" the St macro is available: -p1003.1-2017 > +.No IEEE Std 1003.1-2008, 2017 Edition (\\(LqPOSIX.1\\(Rq) . > +Application should use the > +.Xr clock_gettime 2 > +function instead as > +.Nm gettimeofday > +might be removed in the future. Obviously gettimeofday(2) is not going to be removed even in the far future. > .Sh HISTORY > The > .Fn gettimeofday
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Ziot1oAOlYmFlIpI>