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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC] timerfd: add TFD_NOTIFY_CLOCK_SET to watch for clock changes
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:46:09 -0500
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On Wed, 01 Dec 2010 10:43:59 GMT, Jamie Lokier said:

> So maybe CLOCK_MONOTONIC should be changed to include elapsed time
> during suspend/resume, and CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW could remain as it is,
> for programs that want that?

Wouldn't that be an API break for programs that are expecting the current
behavior of CLOCK_MONOTONIC?  Yes, there should be a way to request either of
them - but if there's only one way now, it should continue to act the current
way, and the added way is the second option.


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