Re: [PATCH v7 03/10] compat/win32: add pthread_cond_timedwait

From: Paul Tarjan <paul@paultarjan.com>
Date: Mar 4, 2026, 18:17 UTC
Message-ID: <20260304181744.25653-1-github@paulisageek.com>
In-Reply-To: <aafieD42pMaYsnRw@pks.im>

On Tue, Mar 4, 2026, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:

> So I guess it's safe to return ETIMEDOUT directly here?

Yep, that matches the POSIX spec. Fixed in v8.

> Wouldn't it make sense to extend `err_win_to_posix()` instead?

err_win_to_posix() currently maps ERROR_TIMEOUT to EBUSY, not ETIMEDOUT. Changing that mapping could affect other callers, so it seemed safer to handle WAIT_TIMEOUT explicitly in this function.

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