sem_timedwait3(..., ..., clockid_t)

Eric van Gyzen vangyzen at FreeBSD.org
Sat Feb 18 15:32:11 UTC 2017


On 02/16/2017 02:33, Sebastian Huber wrote:
> On 16/02/17 07:47, Ed Schouten wrote:
>> Hi Eric,
>>
>> 2017-02-15 22:57 GMT+01:00 Eric van Gyzen <vangyzen at freebsd.org>:
>>> int sem_timedwait3_np(sem_t *sem, const struct timespec *abs_timeout,
>>>      clockid_t clock_id);
>> Could we please make the argument order a bit more consistent to
>> clock_nanosleep() (i.e., putting the clockid_t in front of the
>> timespec)? Should we also provide support for the TIMER_ABSTIME flag?
>>
>
> Maybe it makes sense to talk also with the glibc and POSIX people
>
> http://www.opengroup.org/austin/
> http://austingroupbugs.net/main_page.php

It certainly makes sense, at some point.  I'll get some agreement within the 
FreeBSD community, then take it to glibc and then to POSIX.

Thanks for the suggestions.

Eric


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