From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 15:25:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 15:25:31 -0500 Received: from gateway-1237.mvista.com ([12.44.186.158]:758 "EHLO av.mvista.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 15:25:30 -0500 Message-ID: <3DDE9442.C6011D23@mvista.com> Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 12:32:02 -0800 From: george anzinger Organization: Monta Vista Software X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12-20b i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Fleischer, Julie N" CC: high-res-timers-discourse@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Running POSIX Timers tests against HRT implementation References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org "Fleischer, Julie N" wrote: > > > george anzinger wrote: > > Now, as to this particular issue, the 1003.1b-1993 standard > > in paragraph 14.2.1.2 says "The effect of setting a clock > > via clock_settime() on armed per process timers associated > > with that clock is implementation defined." > > I see. Since I'm writing tests towards the 1003.1-2001 standards, I'll need > to be careful where there's a difference between that one and 1003.1b-1993, > as is the case with this issue. (If you'd still appreciate knowing the > deltas, I can still let you know when there is a difference in the > 1003.1-2001 standard and the current implementation.) > > In the 1003.1-2001 standards, it actually adds the qualifier that the line > you quoted applies to non-CLOCK_REALTIME clocks. If I'm interpreting that > standard correctly, CLOCK_REALTIME clocks should require that absolute > timers use the latest value of the clock and not behave relatively. Well darn. I was unaware of this change. I will see what can be done to change the code.... -g > > I'll make sure that I check the 1003.1b-1993 standards as well, though, when > reporting future issues. > > - Julie > -- George Anzinger george@mvista.com High-res-timers: http://sourceforge.net/projects/high-res-timers/ Preemption patch: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rml