Michael Haggerty <mhagger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > > Notes (discussion): > It would be easy to also add a hold_lock_file_for_append_timeout(), > but I can't yet think of an application for it. > > lockfile.c | 79 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- > lockfile.h | 16 +++++++++++-- > 2 files changed, 91 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/lockfile.c b/lockfile.c > index 9889277..30e65e9 100644 > --- a/lockfile.c > +++ b/lockfile.c > @@ -157,6 +157,80 @@ static int lock_file(struct lock_file *lk, const char *path, int flags) > return lk->fd; > } > > +static int sleep_microseconds(long us) > +{ > + struct timeval tv; > + tv.tv_sec = 0; > + tv.tv_usec = us; > + return select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, &tv); > +} This is familiar for an old timer like me. It seems help.c uses "poll(NULL, 0, timeout)" for "do nothing but wait" (and we have compat/poll to help those who lack poll() by using select()). As we do not need microseconds resolution here, either would be fine ;-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html