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| author | Jia Tan <jiat0218@gmail.com> | 2023-02-04 12:01:23 +0800 |
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| committer | Jia Tan <jiat0218@gmail.com> | 2023-02-04 20:11:51 +0800 |
| commit | b8bce89be7fb5bffe5fef4a2782ca9b2b107eaac (patch) | |
| tree | f2295291c13eee554b2cb8bc4fc89bdc68bbd7f7 /src/xz/mytime.c | |
| parent | liblzma: Improve documentation for version.h. (diff) | |
| download | xz-b8bce89be7fb5bffe5fef4a2782ca9b2b107eaac.tar.xz | |
xz: Add a comment clarifying the use of start_time in mytime.c.
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| -rw-r--r-- | src/xz/mytime.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/xz/mytime.c b/src/xz/mytime.c index 8d5e994f..917eff0f 100644 --- a/src/xz/mytime.c +++ b/src/xz/mytime.c @@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ uint64_t opt_flush_timeout = 0; +// The start_time variable will not represent the actual start time +// if mytime_sigtstp_handler() executes. The signal handler measures +// the amount of time spent stopped and adds it to start_time. +// So, care must be taken in the future if the actual start time needs +// to be displayed for any reason. #ifdef USE_SIGTSTP_HANDLER static volatile uint64_t start_time; #else |