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Diffstat (limited to 'cpukit/posix/src/alarm.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | cpukit/posix/src/alarm.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cpukit/posix/src/alarm.c b/cpukit/posix/src/alarm.c index bef81d6695..10be929d25 100644 --- a/cpukit/posix/src/alarm.c +++ b/cpukit/posix/src/alarm.c @@ -35,8 +35,14 @@ unsigned int alarm( case WATCHDOG_ACTIVE: case WATCHDOG_REMOVE_IT: + /* + * The stop_time and start_time fields are snapshots of ticks since + * boot. Since alarm() is dealing in seconds, we must account for + * this. + */ + remaining = the_timer->initial - - (the_timer->stop_time - the_timer->start_time); + ((the_timer->stop_time - the_timer->start_time) / _TOD_Ticks_per_second); break; } |