Hi,
On Wed, 31 Aug 2005, Perez-Gonzalez, Inaky wrote:
> + flags = tp->clock_id & TIMEOUT_FLAGS_MASK;
> + clock_id = tp->clock_id & TIMEOUT_CLOCK_MASK;
> +
> + result = -EINVAL;
> + if (flags & ~TIMEOUT_RELATIVE)
> + goto out;
> +
> + /* someday, we should support *all* clocks available to us */
> + if (clock_id != CLOCK_REALTIME && clock_id != CLOCK_MONOTONIC)
> + goto out;
> + if ((unsigned long)tp->ts.tv_nsec >= NSEC_PER_SEC)
> + goto out;
Why is that needed in a _general_ timeout API? What exactly makes it so
useful for everyone and not just more complex for everyone?
bye, Roman
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