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diff --git a/man2/timer_getoverrun.2 b/man2/timer_getoverrun.2 index a0a3e50fc..f3e1d7782 100644 --- a/man2/timer_getoverrun.2 +++ b/man2/timer_getoverrun.2 @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ .\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work. .\" %%%LICENSE_END .\" -.TH TIMER_GETOVERRUN 2 2020-06-09 Linux "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH TIMER_GETOVERRUN 2 2020-12-21 Linux "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME timer_getoverrun \- get overrun count for a POSIX per-process timer .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -121,11 +121,20 @@ then .BR timer_getoverrun () should return .BR DELAYTIMER_MAX . -However, Linux does not implement this feature: instead, +However, before Linux 4.19, +.\" http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12665 if the timer overrun value exceeds the maximum representable integer, the counter cycles, starting once more from low values. -.\" Bug filed: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12665 -.\" http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/113276/ +Since Linux 4.19, +.\" commit 78c9c4dfbf8c04883941445a195276bb4bb92c76 +.BR timer_getoverrun () +returns +.B DELAYTIMER_MAX +(defined as +.B INT_MAX +in +.IR <limits.h> ) +in this case (and the overrun value is reset to 0). .SH EXAMPLES See .BR timer_create (2). @@ -140,7 +149,7 @@ See .BR signal (7), .BR time (7) .SH COLOPHON -This page is part of release 5.09 of the Linux +This page is part of release 5.10 of the Linux .I man-pages project. A description of the project, |