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authorMike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>2009-03-13 06:17:48 +0000
committerMike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>2009-03-13 06:17:48 +0000
commitcf65d6c6c692edd3ad74688be07a972ef4fac477 (patch)
tree474d970aa75a8f476415af5297344888ae8a72a8 /libc/sysdeps/linux/common
parentd0ac81b3ec586e7d053406de3741b62482b62e64 (diff)
add GNU extension for select timeouts where the sub-second field is actually longer than one second
Diffstat (limited to 'libc/sysdeps/linux/common')
-rw-r--r--libc/sysdeps/linux/common/select.c21
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libc/sysdeps/linux/common/select.c b/libc/sysdeps/linux/common/select.c
index 4fc7a21a6..5d56c7480 100644
--- a/libc/sysdeps/linux/common/select.c
+++ b/libc/sysdeps/linux/common/select.c
@@ -9,9 +9,12 @@
#include <sys/syscall.h>
#include <sys/select.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
extern __typeof(select) __libc_select;
+#define USEC_PER_SEC 1000000L
+
#if !defined(__NR__newselect) && !defined(__NR_select) && defined __USE_XOPEN2K
# define __NR___libc_pselect6 __NR_pselect6
_syscall6(int, __libc_pselect6, int, n, fd_set *, readfds, fd_set *, writefds,
@@ -23,10 +26,26 @@ int __libc_select(int n, fd_set *readfds, fd_set *writefds, fd_set *exceptfds,
{
struct timespec _ts, *ts = 0;
if (timeout) {
+ uint32_t usec;
_ts.tv_sec = timeout->tv_sec;
- _ts.tv_nsec = timeout->tv_usec * 1000;
+
+ /* GNU extension: allow for timespec values where the sub-sec
+ * field is equal to or more than 1 second. The kernel will
+ * reject this on us, so take care of the time shift ourself.
+ * Some applications (like readline and linphone) do this.
+ * See 'clarification on select() type calls and invalid timeouts'
+ * on the POSIX general list for more information.
+ */
+ usec = timeout->tv_usec;
+ if (usec >= USEC_PER_SEC) {
+ _ts.tv_sec += usec / USEC_PER_SEC;
+ usec %= USEC_PER_SEC;
+ }
+ _ts.tv_nsec = usec * 1000;
+
ts = &_ts;
}
+
return __libc_pselect6(n, readfds, writefds, exceptfds, ts, 0);
}