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Authored by dchagin on Apr 20 2022, 6:53 PM.
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Historically, sigtimedwait() blocks indefinitely if timeout is NULL.

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POSIX indeed leaves this behavior unspecified, but Linux chooses the same as we do. Might want to add something like

POSIX leaves the behavior of
.Fn sigtimedwait
with a
.Dv NULL
.Fa timeout
pointer unspecified.

to the STANDARDS section.

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Apr 20 2022, 9:26 PM
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