[ovs-dev] [PATCH 1/2] lockfile: Remove lockfile_lock timeout argument

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Thu Aug 9 21:11:19 UTC 2012


On Thu, Aug 09, 2012 at 01:14:48PM -0700, Leo Alterman wrote:
> lockfile_lock() accepts a timeout argument but, aside from unit tests
> pertaining to timeout, its value is always 0. Since this feature relies on
> a periodic SIGALRM signal, which is not a given if we're not caching time,
> the cleanest solution is just to remove it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Leo Alterman <lalterman at nicira.com>

Looks good.



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