2024-08-09 10:23 (UTC+0300), Dmitry Kozlyuk: > 2024-08-08 12:46 (UTC-0700), Stephen Hemminger: > > This reverts commit a089d320338d708f5b7126dab5fd6861c82e6347. > > > > Windows EAL should have been fixed rather than papering over > > the bug. > > Linux and FreeBSD alarm implementations use the same approach > that limits possible timeout range in API. > Test cases in question check that these values are rejected. > Windows EAL can accept any values. > I think the proper fix would be documenting Unix limitations > at API level (it never worked the other way, so no real breakage), > then adding the same checks to Windows EAL only for consistency.
Oops, I got patch 1/5 in email later somehow. It is doing just that. Sorry for the noise.
