Hi Helge, On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 10:46:25AM GMT, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > Without further ado, the following was found: > > Issue: Wording o.k.? "… integer, the counter cycles, starting … It's correct. cycles here is a verb, not a plural noun. It means that it advances a cycle (doing a +1, overflows). Cheers, Alex > > "POSIX.1 specifies that if the timer overrun count is equal to or greater " > "than an implementation-defined maximum, B<DELAYTIMER_MAX>, then " > "B<timer_getoverrun>() should return B<DELAYTIMER_MAX>. However, before " > "Linux 4.19, if the timer overrun value exceeds the maximum representable " > "integer, the counter cycles, starting once more from low values. Since " > "Linux 4.19, B<timer_getoverrun>() returns B<DELAYTIMER_MAX> (defined as " > "B<INT_MAX> in I<E<lt>limits.hE<gt>>) in this case (and the overrun value is " > "reset to 0)." > -- <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>
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