Re: misc/49342: [test] lib/libc/gen/t_time.c is non-deterministic; compares set time vs current time (and can vary by a second under rare circumstances)

[Justin Cormack <justin%specialbusservice.com@localhost>]

On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 10:05 PM,  <yaneurabeya%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>>Number:         49342
>>Category:       misc
>>Synopsis:       [test] lib/libc/gen/t_time.c is non-deterministic; compares set time vs current time (and can vary by a second under rare circumstances)

> The lib/libc/gen/t_time:time_timeofday testcase works in most cases, but
> if the clock rolls over between when time and gettimeofday are called, the value returned from time and the tv_sec value can vary between, as noted in one of our Kyua runs on FreeBSD:

This should be fixed now. The issues that these clocks are not
monotonic are still there, but should generally not be an issue.

Thanks for the report!

Justin