pthread_cond_timedwait/posix timers

[H. J. Lu]

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.