| Message ID | 20200918124554.46308-2-colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com |
|---|---|
| State | New |
| Headers | show |
| Series | Document regoff_t (and a few minor patches) | expand |
Hello Alex, On 9/18/20 2:45 PM, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com> > --- > man7/system_data_types.7 | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/man7/system_data_types.7 b/man7/system_data_types.7 > index dba80cf6f..8969ee966 100644 > --- a/man7/system_data_types.7 > +++ b/man7/system_data_types.7 > @@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ struct timespec { > }; > .EE > .IP > -Describes times in seconds and nanoseconds. > +Describes elapsed time in seconds and nanoseconds. > .IP > Conforming to: C11 and later; POSIX.1-2001 and later. > .IP > @@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ struct timeval { > }; > .EE > .IP > -Describes times in seconds and microseconds. > +Describes elapsed time in seconds and microseconds. > .IP > Conforming to: POSIX.1-2001 and later. > .IP I don;t think this patch is correct. At the least, it needs more explanation. As far as I can see, 'timespec' is not just about elapsed time. It really is just time, expressed as secs + nanosecs. For example, see utimensat(2), which set file timestamps with nanosec precision. For the moment, I'm not applying this (and I hope not doing so doesn't break any following patch). Thanks, Michael
Hello Michael, On 2020-09-18 22:27, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: >> -Describes times in seconds and microseconds. >> +Describes elapsed time in seconds and microseconds. >> .IP >> Conforming to: POSIX.1-2001 and later. >> .IP > > I don;t think this patch is correct. At the least, it needs > more explanation. As far as I can see, 'timespec' is not just > about elapsed time. It really is just time, expressed as secs + > nanosecs. For example, see utimensat(2), which set file timestamps > with nanosec precision. I took that wording from timeval.3bsd. But I think you're correct. > > For the moment, I'm not applying this (and I hope not doing so > doesn't break any following patch). That's fine. It shouldn't break anything. > > Thanks, > > Michael > Cheers, Alex
diff --git a/man7/system_data_types.7 b/man7/system_data_types.7 index dba80cf6f..8969ee966 100644 --- a/man7/system_data_types.7 +++ b/man7/system_data_types.7 @@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ struct timespec { }; .EE .IP -Describes times in seconds and nanoseconds. +Describes elapsed time in seconds and nanoseconds. .IP Conforming to: C11 and later; POSIX.1-2001 and later. .IP @@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ struct timeval { }; .EE .IP -Describes times in seconds and microseconds. +Describes elapsed time in seconds and microseconds. .IP Conforming to: POSIX.1-2001 and later. .IP
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com> --- man7/system_data_types.7 | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)