Problems with the new pthread clock implementations

[Mike Crowe]

Hi Thomas,

On Saturday 21 November 2020 at 20:50:38 +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 21 2020 at 07:59, Michael Kerrisk wrote:
> > I've been taking a closer look at the the new pthread*clock*() APIs:
> > pthread_clockjoin_np()
> > pthread_cond_clockwait()
> > pthread_mutex_clocklock()
> > pthread_rwlock_clockrdlock()
> > pthread_rwlock_clockwrlock()
> > sem_clockwait()
> 
> Is there any at least rudimentary specification of these functions and
> what they are supposed to do?

The short answer is that they are like their "timed" equivalents, but they
also accept a clockid. The longer answer is at
https://www.austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1216 and if you have access to
it
https://www.opengroup.org/austin/restricted/newapis-p1/Additional_APIs_for_Issue_8-part1-changedpages.pdf

HTH.

Mike.