Module Name: src
Committed By: riastradh
Date: Wed May 15 13:12:04 UTC 2024
Modified Files:
src/lib/libc/gen: usleep.3
Log Message:
usleep(3): Note the historical rake that was stepped upon.
PR 58184
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.21 -r1.22 src/lib/libc/gen/usleep.3
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Index: src/lib/libc/gen/usleep.3
diff -u src/lib/libc/gen/usleep.3:1.21 src/lib/libc/gen/usleep.3:1.22
--- src/lib/libc/gen/usleep.3:1.21 Mon Apr 22 21:25:29 2024
+++ src/lib/libc/gen/usleep.3 Wed May 15 13:12:04 2024
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: usleep.3,v 1.21 2024/04/22 21:25:29 jdolecek Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: usleep.3,v 1.22 2024/05/15 13:12:04 riastradh Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1986, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -99,3 +99,17 @@ The
.Fn usleep
function appeared in
.Bx 4.3 .
+.Sh CAVEATS
+In
+.St -p1003.1-2004 ,
+.Nm
+was limited to values of
+.Fa microseconds
+less than one million.
+Some implementations, including
+.Nx
+before 10.1, fail immediately with
+.Er EINVAL
+\(em and don't sleep at all \(em if
+.Fa microseconds
+is one million or greater.
