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authorMike Crowe <mac@mcrowe.com>2019-10-31 10:03:21 -0300
committerAdhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>2019-11-01 11:23:43 -0300
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nptl: Add pthread_clockjoin_np
Introduce pthread_clockjoin_np as a version of pthread_timedjoin_np that
accepts a clockid_t parameter to indicate which clock the timeout should be
measured against. This mirrors the recently-added POSIX-proposed "clock"
wait functions.

Checked on x86_64-linux-gnu.

Reviewed-by: Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
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@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ Major new features:
   will always receive a 'struct timezone' whose tz_minuteswest and
   tz_dsttime fields are zero.
 
+* The function pthread_clockjoin_np has been added, enabling join with a
+  terminated thread with an specific clock.  It allows waiting against
+  CLOCK_MONOTONIC and CLOCK_REALTIME.  This function is a GNU extension.
+
 Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
 
 * The totalorder and totalordermag functions, and the corresponding