linux-kernel - Re: nanosleep() uses CLOCK_MONOTONIC, should be CLOCK

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Message-ID: <e2e108260806240101u30f85da8w7404e52f189f8d9@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:01:08 +0200
From:	"Bart Van Assche" <bart.vanassche@...il.com>
To:	"Michael Kerrisk" <mtk.manpages@...glemail.com>
Cc:	"Roman Zippel" <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>,
	"Michael Kerrisk" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"john stultz" <johnstul@...ibm.com>, "Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: nanosleep() uses CLOCK_MONOTONIC, should be CLOCK_REALTIME?

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 7:39 AM, Michael Kerrisk
<mtk.manpages@...glemail.com> wrote:
> I'll add some text (not quite sure what yet) in the nanosleep() man
> page on this point.

You could e.g. mention that nanosleep() is neither affected by the
settimeofday() system call nor by adjtimex() (this last one is used by
ntpd).

Bart.
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