Details
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Bug
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Resolution: Fixed
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Minor
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2.0
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Security Level: Public
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None
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Linux, but seemingly any POSIX and perhaps even windows
Description
clock(3) is using process CPU time. Which is kinda nice except that it'll be sum of CPU times of all threads. If we have 8-16 or more cores that time will advance 8-16 or more times faster than wall clock time. Thus termination timeout will occur much earlier than 5 seconds. Seemingly.