1 files changed, 7 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/timeout.c b/coreutils/timeout.c
index 0d6a2c612..ff58a753a 100644
--- a/coreutils/timeout.c
+++ b/coreutils/timeout.c
@@ -59,18 +59,13 @@ static void kill_child(void)
 }
 
 /* Return TRUE if child exits before timeout expires */
+/* NB timeout is in milliseconds */
 static NOINLINE int timeout_wait(int timeout, HANDLE proc, DWORD *status)
 {
-        /* Just sleep(HUGE_NUM); kill(parent) may kill wrong process! */
-        while (1) {
-                sleep1();
-                if (--timeout <= 0)
-                        break;
-                if (WaitForSingleObject(proc, 0) == WAIT_OBJECT_0) {
-                        /* process is gone */
-                        GetExitCodeProcess(proc, status);
-                        return TRUE;
-                }
+        if (WaitForSingleObject(proc, timeout) == WAIT_OBJECT_0) {
+                /* process is gone */
+                GetExitCodeProcess(proc, status);
+                return TRUE;
         }
         return FALSE;
 }
@@ -136,11 +131,11 @@ int timeout_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 
         kill_timeout = 0;
         if (opt_k)
-                kill_timeout = parse_duration_str(opt_k);
+                kill_timeout = parse_duration_str(opt_k) IF_PLATFORM_MINGW32(* 1000);
 
         if (!argv[optind])
                 bb_show_usage();
-        timeout = parse_duration_str(argv[optind++]);
+        timeout = parse_duration_str(argv[optind++]) IF_PLATFORM_MINGW32(* 1000);
         if (!argv[optind]) /* no PROG? */
                 bb_show_usage();