https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20762 Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED CC| |mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx Resolution| |CODE_FIX --- Comment #1 from Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> 2012-08-16 09:33:31 --- I aplied the following patch: --- a/man2/epoll_wait.2 +++ b/man2/epoll_wait.2 @@ -198,6 +198,18 @@ If the new file descriptor becomes ready, it will cause the .BR epoll_wait () call to unblock. +.SH BUGS +In kernels before 2.6.37, a +.I timeout +value larger than approximately +.I LONG_MAX / HZ +milliseconds is treated as \-1 (i.e., infinity). +Thus, for example, on a system where the +.I sizeof(long) +is 4 and the kernel +.I HZ +value is 1000, +this means that timeouts greater than 35.79 minutes are treated as infinity. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR epoll_create (2), .BR epoll_ctl (2), -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching the assignee of the bug. -- 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
