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Re: pthread_cond_timedwait/posix timers
- From: "H. J. Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
- To: Amos Waterland <apw at us dot ibm dot com>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com,Xavier Leroy <Xavier dot Leroy at inria dot fr>,Kaz Kylheku <kaz at ashi dot footprints dot net>,Tom Gall <tom_gall at vnet dot ibm dot com>
- Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 12:07:39 -0700
- Subject: Re: pthread_cond_timedwait/posix timers
- References: <20020807182824.A31959@kvasir.austin.ibm.com>
On Wed, Aug 07, 2002 at 06:28:24PM +0000, Amos Waterland wrote:
> There are some problems with the POSIX timer and condition wait
> implementation in glibc. I am very interested in fixing them, but think
> that it would be best to have a discussion over the list first.
>
FYI, those are academic to me. I have a real issue to solve:
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2002-02/msg00057.html
That is why I added the relative timeout interface. In my case, I
really don't care how precise it is. But it should never wait for
a few years unless it is really intended :-).
H.J.