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-rw-r--r--sysdep/unix/io.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sysdep/unix/io.c b/sysdep/unix/io.c
index 456644b..8058fa6 100644
--- a/sysdep/unix/io.c
+++ b/sysdep/unix/io.c
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ tracked_fopen(pool *p, char *name, char *mode)
static list near_timers, far_timers;
static bird_clock_t first_far_timer = TIME_INFINITY;
-bird_clock_t now, now_real;
+/* now must be different from 0, because 0 is a special value in timer->expires */
+bird_clock_t now = 1, now_real;
static void
update_times_plain(void)