aarch64 and kqueue timer events
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Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2021 01:18:57 UTC
Hi all, I'm seeing some strange behavior with kqueue timers on my aarch64 host. Here is a simple test program that I've compiled on both amd64 and aarch64. It just sets up a simple kqueue timer with a loop that waits for the event to fire every 3 seconds ... #include <err.h> #include <time.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <sys/event.h> int main( int argc, char *argv[] ) { int kq = kqueue(); if( kq < 0 ) err( 1, "failed to obtain kqueue handle" ); struct kevent ke; EV_SET( &ke, 1, EVFILT_TIMER, EV_ADD | EV_ENABLE, 0, 3000, 0 ); if( kevent( kq, &ke, 1, NULL, 0, NULL ) < 0 ) err( 1, "failed to add kevent timer filter" ); printf( "started at %i\n", (int)time(NULL) ); while( true ) { int r = kevent( kq, NULL, 0, &ke, 1, NULL ); if( r < 0 ) err( 1, "failed to read kevent list" ); printf( "timer fired %i times at %i\n", r, (int)time(NULL) ); } return 0; } When I compile and run the code on an amd64 host, everything works as expected. The event timer expires once every 3 seconds ... mgrooms@amd64:~/devel$ cc test.cpp -o test && ./test started at 1627175311 timer fired 1 times at 1627175314 timer fired 1 times at 1627175317 timer fired 1 times at 1627175320 However, when I compile and run the same code on an aarch64 host ( rpi4b ), something very different happens. The event timer expires after 3 seconds the first time. But each subsequent expiration is for exactly twice the defined interval, 6 seconds ... mgrooms@aarch64:~/devel$ cc test.cpp -o test && ./test started at 1625789207 timer fired 1 times at 1625789210 timer fired 1 times at 1625789216 timer fired 1 times at 1625789222 Any idea what's going on here? Seems like a bug in somewhere on the arm side. Thanks in advance, -Matthew