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-rw-r--r--libbb/bb_do_delay.c15
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/bb_do_delay.c b/libbb/bb_do_delay.c
index 3a86dc2ae..3dbf032db 100644
--- a/libbb/bb_do_delay.c
+++ b/libbb/bb_do_delay.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
*/
#include "libbb.h"
-/* void FAST_FUNC bb_do_delay(int seconds) { ... } - no users yet */
+/* void FAST_FUNC bb_do_delay(unsigned seconds) { ... } - no users yet */
#ifndef LOGIN_FAIL_DELAY
#define LOGIN_FAIL_DELAY 3
@@ -34,3 +34,16 @@ void FAST_FUNC sleep1(void)
sleep(1);
}
+void FAST_FUNC msleep(unsigned ms)
+{
+ /* 1. usleep(n) is not guaranteed by standards to accept n >= 1000000
+ * 2. multiplication in usleep(ms * 1000) can overflow if ms > 4294967
+ * (sleep of ~71.5 minutes)
+ * Let's play safe and loop:
+ */
+ while (ms > 500) {
+ usleep(500000);
+ ms -= 500;
+ }
+ usleep(ms * 1000);
+}