Hi,

semtimedop() performs a semaphore operation and if the operation cannot 
be performed immediately, then the function blocks until the timeout 
expires.
The current Linux implementation loads the timeout immediately, even if 
the operation doesn't block.
As explained in the OpenSolaris sources, this is not needed. The 
attached patch changes the Linux code.

The patch is trivial, but not tested. It shrinks the .text size by 32 
bytes on x86.

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    Manfred