NetBSD-Bugs archive
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index][Old Index]
kern/52059: bootime in kernel is of type struct timespec, not struct timeval.
>Number: 52059
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: bootime in kernel is of type struct timespec, not struct timeval.
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: kern-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Fri Mar 10 04:35:00 +0000 2017
>Originator: Tomoyuki Sahara
>Release: 6.1.5
>Organization:
Internet Initiative Japan Inc.
>Environment:
NetBSD a.example.com 6.1.5_PATCH NetBSD 6.1.5_PATCH (GENERIC) #0: Wed May 20 11:03:23 JST 2015 tsahara%a.example.com@localhost:/usr/obj/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC amd64
>Description:
time_second(9) says boottime is of type struct timeval but it is actually defined as a variable of struct timespec in sys/init_main.c. The manual page should be corrected.
http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?time_second++NetBSD-current
https://nxr.netbsd.org/xref/src/sys/kern/init_main.c#237
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
--- a/share/man/man9/time_second.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/time_second.9
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
.Vt extern time_t time_second;
.Vt extern time_t time_uptime;
.In sys/kernel.h
-.Vt extern struct timeval boottime;
+.Vt extern struct timespec boottime;
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Va time_second
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ with
The variable may be read and written without special precautions.
.Pp
All of these variables contain times
-expressed in seconds and microseconds since midnight (0 hour),
+expressed in seconds and nanoseconds since midnight (0 hour),
January 1, 1970.
.Pp
The
Home |
Main Index |
Thread Index |
Old Index