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-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/alarm.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/alarm.c b/sysdeps/unix/alarm.c
index ae77782c54..84ab5a52fe 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/alarm.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/alarm.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1991,92,94,97,2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1991,1992,1994,1997,2002,2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ alarm (seconds)
return 0;
retval = old.it_value.tv_sec;
- if (old.it_value.tv_usec)
+ /* Round to the nearest second, but never report zero seconds when
+ the alarm is still set. */
+ if (old.it_value.tv_usec >= 500000
+ || (retval == 0 && old.it_value.tv_usec > 0))
++retval;
return retval;
}