Re: [2.6.24.x] UML select()/poll() oversleeping reproducibly

From: Nix
Date: Wed Mar 19 2008 - 19:47:22 EST


On 18 Mar 2008, Jeff Dike told this:
> This version keeps track of the time between ticks (as reported by the
> host's gettimeofday) and adjusts its sleeping and reporting ticks
> accordingly.

I can confirm that, as expected, this patch works well enough that
timing problems don't break dhclient anymore (which requires a 2x
oversleep, which you're a long way from now).

At last I can upgrade my firewall :)

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