semop.2: Clarify that 'timeout' of semtimedop() is a *minimum* interval

Make it clear that 'timeout' interval will be rounded up to the
system clock granularity, and may overrun because of kernel
scheduling delays.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
This commit is contained in:
Michael Kerrisk 2012-05-02 08:14:41 +12:00
parent 3a1876bd71
commit 736552001d
1 changed files with 3 additions and 0 deletions

View File

@ -290,6 +290,9 @@ time specified by the
structure whose address is passed in the
.I timeout
argument.
(This sleep interval will be rounded up to the system clock granularity,
and kernel scheduling delays mean that the interval
may overrun by a small amount.)
If the specified time limit has been reached,
.BR semtimedop ()
fails with