Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:09:49 +0100 From: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys time.h src/sys/kern kern_time.c Message-ID: <86d5kkbygy.fsf@xps.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20051128002937.T17822@epsplex.bde.org> (Bruce Evans's message of "Mon, 28 Nov 2005 00:50:59 %2B1100 (EST)") References: <200511270055.jAR0tIkF032480@repoman.freebsd.org> <20051127230412.H28222@delplex.bde.org> <20051127125844.V81764@fledge.watson.org> <20051128002937.T17822@epsplex.bde.org>
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Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> writes: > I can see a use for making a timestamp after select() returns, not for > timeout purposes since the timeout should normally be for emergencies and > it's relative so it doesn't need the current time, but just to record when > things happen. IIRC, POSIX allows (but does not require) select(2) to modify the provided struct timeval to reflect how much time remains until the original deadline. Personally, I would find that very useful... DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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