Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 15:20:03 -0700 (PDT) From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/18909: select(2) timeout limited to 100000000 seconds Message-ID: <200005302220.PAA47200@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/18909; it has been noted by GNATS. From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, archie@whistle.com Cc: Subject: Re: kern/18909: select(2) timeout limited to 100000000 seconds Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 23:15:20 +0100 Here is what "The Single UNIX Specification, Version 2" that I downloaded about a year ago says: Implementations may place limitations on the maximum timeout interval supported. On all implementations, the maximum timeout interval supported will be at least 31 days. If the timeout argument specifies a timeout interval greater than the implementation-dependent maximum value, the maximum value will be used as the actual timeout value. Implementations may also place limitations on the granularity of timeout intervals. If the requested timeout interval requires a finer granularity than the implementation supports, the actual timeout interval will be rounded up to the next supported value. So it looks the implimentation doesn't agree with this, and the man page should probably say what the max timeout is. (Excerpt is from http://www.opennc.org/onlinepubs/7908799/xsh/select.html). David. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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