Re: Why does timerfd() only support CLOCK_REALTIME and CLOCK_MONOTONIC?

[Michael Kerrisk]

> @@ -186,12 +187,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(timerfd_create, int, clo
>        BUILD_BUG_ON(TFD_CLOEXEC != O_CLOEXEC);
>        BUILD_BUG_ON(TFD_NONBLOCK != O_NONBLOCK);
>
> -       if (flags & ~(TFD_CLOEXEC | TFD_NONBLOCK))
> +       if ((flags & ~TFD_FLAGS_SET) ||
> +           invalid_clockid(clockid))
>                return -EINVAL;

Oh!  Does this mean that in 2.6.2[789] it wasn't possible to use
TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME?

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