nanosleep() uses CLOCK_MONOTONIC, should be CLOCK_REALTIME?

[Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>]

Thomas,

(I gues you are the right target for this?)

The POSIX.1 specification of nanosleep() says:

        But, except for the case of being interrupted by a signal, the
        suspension time shall not be less than the time  specified  by
        rqtp, as measured by the system clock CLOCK_REALTIME.


However, reading kernel/hrtimer.c:sys_nanosleep(), it appears that
CLOCK_MONOTONIC is used.

     return hrtimer_nanosleep(&tu, rmtp, HRTIMER_MODE_REL, CLOCK_MONOTONIC);

Is there a reason to use CLOCK_MONOTONIC, instead of CLOCK_REALTIME?  Is it
intentional?  If yes, then I should document this in the man-pages.  If not,
then it should be fixed.

Cheers,

Michael


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