Re: [iproute PATCH] ifstat, nstat: fix daemon mode

[Stephen Hemminger <shemming@brocade.com>]

On Wed,  2 Mar 2016 16:56:27 +0100
Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc> wrote:

> Since the relevant code (and it's bugs) is identical in both files, fix
> them in one go. This patch fixes multiple issues:
> 
> * Using 'int' for the 'tdiff' variable does not suffice on 64bit
>   systems, the assigned initial time difference makes it wrap and
>   contain a negative value afterwards. Instead use the more appropriate
>   'time_t' type.
> 
> * As far as I understood the code, poll() is supposed to time out just
>   at the right time to trigger update_db() in the configured interval.
>   Therefore it's timeout must be set to the desired interval *minus* the
>   time that has already passed since then.
> 
> * With the last change to the algorithm in place, it does not make sense
>   to call update_db() before returning data to the connected client.
>   Actually, it never does otherwise we could skip the periodic updates
>   in the first place.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>

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