Hi Sam, On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 4:26 AM, Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The following paragraph in timerfd_create looks confusing to me: > > The flags argument is either 0, to start a relative timer > (new_value.it_interval specifies a time relative to the current value > of the clock specified by clockid), or TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME, to start an > absolute timer (new_value.it_interval specifies an absolute time for > the clock specified by clockid; that is, the timer will expire when the > value of that clock reaches the value specified in new_value.it_inter- > val). > > The way I parse this, it makes more sense if the flags argument actually > applies to the it_value field, the field that sets the initial timer > expiration, rather than it_interval, the periodic timer expiration duration. Yes, you are right; a moment of inattention when I wrote that text. Fixed for 3.10. thanks, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ man-pages online: http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online_pages.html Found a bug? http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
