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From 31568ef6a91b0f441c64fe79f7fa94a32be4dc97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 12:12:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 131/135] flock: zero timeout is valid
This patch reverts Sami's "timeout cannot be zero", introduced
in commit 605325b23b36238c8f3ae165e37cab9064553cf7.
The --timeout 0 has been originally interpreted as --nonblock. The
patch also add hint about this behavior to the man page.
Upstream: http://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/c4604c38b503c8c46e50fc2048ebbcbcfcad3802
Addresses: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1455398
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
---
sys-utils/flock.1 | 4 +++-
sys-utils/flock.c | 2 --
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sys-utils/flock.1 b/sys-utils/flock.1
index b28526f69..d5e85e082 100644
--- a/sys-utils/flock.1
+++ b/sys-utils/flock.1
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ Fail if the lock cannot be acquired within
Decimal fractional values are allowed.
See the
.I \-E
-option for the exit code used.
+option for the exit code used. The zero number of
+.IR seconds
+is interpreted as \fB\-\-nonblock\fR.
.TP
\fB\-o\fP, \fB\-\-close\fP
Close the file descriptor on which the lock is held before executing
diff --git a/sys-utils/flock.c b/sys-utils/flock.c
index 18625a029..7dad46af0 100644
--- a/sys-utils/flock.c
+++ b/sys-utils/flock.c
@@ -175,8 +175,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
have_timeout = 1;
strtotimeval_or_err(optarg, &timeout.it_value,
_("invalid timeout value"));
- if (timeout.it_value.tv_sec + timeout.it_value.tv_usec == 0)
- errx(EX_USAGE, _("timeout cannot be zero"));
break;
case 'E':
conflict_exit_code = strtos32_or_err(optarg,
--
2.13.6