bin/164585: ping(8) should use clock_gettime instead of gettimeofday

Bruce Cran bruce at cran.org.uk
Sat Jan 28 18:40:09 UTC 2012


>Number:         164585
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       ping(8) should use clock_gettime instead of gettimeofday
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Jan 28 18:40:09 UTC 2012
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Bruce Cran
>Release:        9.0-STABLE
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD nas.wharfnet 9.0-STABLE FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE #1 r229697: Mon Jan  9 01:28:08 GMT 2012     brucec at nas.wharfnet:/usr/obj/usr/src/9/sys/NAS  amd64
>Description:
Since ping(8) only needs monotonic time and not real time, it should use clock_gettime instead of gettimeofday.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:


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