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From: "Cyrille Lefevre" <clefevre-lists@9online.fr>
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Subject: Re: why timeradd() and co are hidden from the kernel space ?
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"Bruce Evans" <bde@zeta.org.au> wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Cyrille Lefevre wrote:
> 
> > is there any reasons to hide timeradd() and co in <sys/time.h>
> > from the kernel space (! _KERNEL) ?
> 
> Yes.  This prevents them being used in the kernel.  They are compatibility
> cruft for NetBSD.  In the kernel the corresponding interfaces are
> spelled timevaladd(), etc.  Unfortunately, the timeradd() form of these
> interfaces escaped to userland via NetBSD.


argh, the declarations are just above, not seen... thanks.

Cyrille Lefevre.
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