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From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: pthread_cond_timedwait
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On Feb 12 12:10, Ingvill DOT Grefstad AT kongsberg DOT com wrote:
> Hi,
> I have tried to use the pthread_cond_timedwait, but it doesn't seem to
> work properly.
>  
> It returns immediately with a return value of 116 (ETIMEDOUT) even if I
> set the timeout period to e.g. 10 seconds. 
>  
> I have locked the mutex and initialized the condition variable before
> the invokation is made. 
>  
> What is wrong?

cockpit error, maybe.  The timeval value given to pthread_cond_timedwait
is supposed to be an absolute timestamp, not a relative timeout.


Corinna

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