}
zero(its);
- its.it_value.tv_sec = 10000000000; /* Year 2287 or so... */
+
+ /* We only care for the cancellation event, hence we set the
+ * timeout to the latest possible value. */
+ assert_cc(sizeof(time_t) == sizeof(long));
+ its.it_value.tv_sec = LONG_MAX;
+
if (timerfd_settime(m->time_change_watch.fd, TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME|TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET, &its, NULL) < 0) {
log_debug("Failed to set up TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET, ignoring: %m");
close_nointr_nofail(m->time_change_watch.fd);