Re: [PATCH] poll(2) timeout values

[Alan Cox]

On Iau, 2005-11-10 at 10:49 -0800, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> On 11/10/05, Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > There really is no need for the kernel API to match the userspace one,
> 
> But if in this case the argument is not changed you would have to add
> an explicit & 0xffffffff before using the parameter.  

No. The poll POSIX libc call takes an int. What the kernel ones does
with the top bits is irrelevant to applications. It is however highly
relevant to things like syscall sequences and what the syscall interface
places on the stack.

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