+ /*
+ * We allow nanosleep to handle interrupts and retry with the remaining time.
+ * However, since nanosleep is susceptible to time drift when interrupted
+ * frequently, we add a safeguard to break out of the nanosleep whenever the
+ * total time of the sleep exceeds the requested sleep time. Using nanosleep
+ * is a more portable approach than clock_nanosleep.
+ */
I'm curious why we wouldn't just subtract "elapsed_time" from "delay" at
the bottom of the while loop to avoid needing this extra check. Also, I
think we need some commentary about why we want to retry after an interrupt
in this case.
--
nathan
