From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59CB8C43463 for ; Fri, 18 Sep 2020 21:32:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F865222BB for ; Fri, 18 Sep 2020 21:32:27 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="pZaiPJ4b" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726168AbgIRVc0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Sep 2020 17:32:26 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:36746 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726139AbgIRVc0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Sep 2020 17:32:26 -0400 Received: from mail-wm1-x343.google.com (mail-wm1-x343.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::343]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 55378C0613CE for ; Fri, 18 Sep 2020 14:32:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-wm1-x343.google.com with SMTP id q9so6573704wmj.2 for ; Fri, 18 Sep 2020 14:32:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=+PSQuAqAtTuOt0lcjv0/b2u0X4e77c1EFELZbA8tz3s=; b=pZaiPJ4bIuw7vANX+igjSrsvi9KYoB4rNruS4oDAz5XDUEi4BdhvoE59GmBRQ2KIbS uYdPR3m9dXczqg4+4Y5++11277lySQunbcv8nP/an/DGhsDkp3Bd8ee3SkYW43fNxnRE D7Nxlw3Ppu5RTMhizFi8iQ2NnvnuP139LYSYrzuGpNJk7FcKndaTyfV9644U0bX8rJPE 1X90QO/k6RtdZWZ8Q07k0zYpAe7KLQTiilOiAByii06+z7a587qChMWJGH/0z9kRbuKL O3SqOaHAfxoE/ptqxf+tO7DbPhrMCOfF1/+4T1MKr8gnZASnncnbeorfmPQE4wDFaPzA KPGQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=+PSQuAqAtTuOt0lcjv0/b2u0X4e77c1EFELZbA8tz3s=; b=WcxU1yTD88hLpwkJtVgeRUt4goAejwLt1bG+LgsUesQ4W2T0xJIW62RRdlrVaHRAM1 Tx5ammaOh3SAOqdzrwY7/JWj6A87kjRdC2RoeFObwIrGykGfTZGsJBqE2DqIpHTgqg8s CYpVeClbXaBzS0BpN2PXUkb9m0zBKvafMekXRFwS3iTSNRk+TDz4SX9FnTMJgw8QzWDD Azvcgsk+zw9knGp6P1B0tgymdNppOhRXOrn6s/gc5CIGpkfEgyWW93wAwksX+L4t53+H PWb/Qa6iUKdxtO+HxHVGRssmE6thU/73JIzd5tlyA39SxPJm0c9xuC17pwUX3l9gy6/I W+5w== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532hz+NhAbqsEscGM/55BlH4qNDk4ip6DjbAtggK74PikmekFPV/ S5LhplMCGzlTnXf18LFe2mo= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyTwoP6Z4xohgxBbKp00lvDr2BP/HosSwuxhoYC2vFRGaO1wPfIgozvo4ccDzLsuvfeCny6vA== X-Received: by 2002:a1c:5685:: with SMTP id k127mr18203728wmb.135.1600464745060; Fri, 18 Sep 2020 14:32:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.143] ([170.253.60.68]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id z9sm7379138wmg.46.2020.09.18.14.32.24 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 18 Sep 2020 14:32:24 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] system_data_types.7: wfix To: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org, libc-alpha@sourceware.org References: <20200918124554.46308-1-colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com> <20200918124554.46308-2-colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com> <4d201c89-8c47-8487-3672-b9af39c1bf2d@gmail.com> From: Alejandro Colomar Message-ID: Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 23:32:23 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.12.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4d201c89-8c47-8487-3672-b9af39c1bf2d@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Hello Michael, On 2020-09-18 22:27, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: >> -Describes times in seconds and microseconds. >> +Describes elapsed time in seconds and microseconds. >> .IP >> Conforming to: POSIX.1-2001 and later. >> .IP > > I don;t think this patch is correct. At the least, it needs > more explanation. As far as I can see, 'timespec' is not just > about elapsed time. It really is just time, expressed as secs + > nanosecs. For example, see utimensat(2), which set file timestamps > with nanosec precision. I took that wording from timeval.3bsd. But I think you're correct. > > For the moment, I'm not applying this (and I hope not doing so > doesn't break any following patch). That's fine. It shouldn't break anything. > > Thanks, > > Michael > Cheers, Alex