1 files changed, 55 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/boinc-client/files/patch-api-boinc_api.C b/net/boinc-client/files/patch-api-boinc_api.C
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bead07207718
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/boinc-client/files/patch-api-boinc_api.C
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+--- api/boinc_api.C.orig	Sat Mar 19 16:39:16 2005
++++ api/boinc_api.C	Wed Mar 23 15:49:01 2005
+@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
+ // Unless otherwise noted, "CPU time" refers to the sum over all episodes
+ // (not counting the part after the last checkpoint in an episode).
+ 
++pthread_t timer_thread_handle;
++
+ static APP_INIT_DATA aid;
+ static FILE_LOCK file_lock;
+ APP_CLIENT_SHM* app_client_shm = 0;
+@@ -506,6 +508,19 @@
+ #endif
+ }
+ 
++#ifndef _USECONDS_T_DECLARED
++typedef unsigned int useconds_t;
++#endif
++
++void *
++timer_thread(void *)
++{
++	while(1) {
++		usleep((useconds_t)(TIMER_PERIOD*1000000));
++		worker_timer(0);
++	}
++	/*NOTREACHED*/
++}
+ 
+ // set up a periodic timer interrupt for the worker thread.
+ // This is called only and always by the worker thread
+@@ -539,21 +554,9 @@
+     //
+     SetThreadPriority(worker_thread_handle, THREAD_PRIORITY_LOWEST);
+ #else
+-    struct sigaction sa;
+-    itimerval value;
+-    sa.sa_handler = worker_timer;
+-    sa.sa_flags = SA_RESTART;
+-    retval = sigaction(SIGALRM, &sa, NULL);
+-    if (retval) {
+-        perror("boinc set_worker_timer() sigaction");
+-        return retval;
+-    }
+-    value.it_value.tv_sec = (int)TIMER_PERIOD;
+-    value.it_value.tv_usec = ((int)(TIMER_PERIOD*1000000))%1000000;
+-    value.it_interval = value.it_value;
+-    retval = setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, &value, NULL);
++    retval = pthread_create(&timer_thread_handle, NULL, timer_thread, NULL);
+     if (retval) {
+-        perror("boinc set_worker_timer() setitimer");
++        perror("boinc set_worker_timer() pthread_create(timer_thread)");
+     }
+ #endif
+     return retval;