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| -rw-r--r-- | man2/getitimer.2 | 3 |
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diff --git a/man2/getitimer.2 b/man2/getitimer.2 index 7fa6a37151..c28571668c 100644 --- a/man2/getitimer.2 +++ b/man2/getitimer.2 @@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ are significant in determining the duration of a timer. Timers will never expire before the requested time, but may expire some (short) time afterwards, which depends on the system timer resolution and on the system load. +(But see BUGS below.) Upon expiration, a signal will be generated and the timer reset. If the timer expires while the process is active (always true for .BR ITIMER_VIRT ) @@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ approximately 24.86 days. On certain systems (including x86), the Linux kernel has a bug which will produce premature timer expirations of up to one jiffy under some circumstances. -.\" As at June 2005, the above holds in 2.4.x and 2.6.c (e.g., 2.6.12.) +.\" As at June 2005, the above holds in 2.4.x and 2.6.x (e.g., 2.6.12.) POSIX.1 says that .B setitimer |