Re: Patch to disarm timers after an exec syscall

* Andrew Morton ([email protected]) wrote:
> Ouch.  What does 2.4.x do?

Does 2.4 even support realtime timers?

> It wouldn't surprise me if fixing this breaks _something_ out there.  We
> might have to remain non-POSIX-compliant for the rest of time.

But I agree, the fix is wrong as it at least breaks compliance with
itimers.

thanks,
-chris
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References:
- Patch to disarm timers after an exec syscall
  - From: Gernot Payer <[email protected]>
- Re: Patch to disarm timers after an exec syscall
  - From: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>

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