> "The  timeout  argument specifies the minimum number of milliseconds
> that epoll_wait() will block.  (This interval will be rounded up to
> the system clock granularity, and kernel scheduling delays mean that
> the blocking  interval may  overrun  by  a  small  amount.)"
> 
> I read minimum, not maximum here :-)

Aren't you using different clocks, though?
The excerpt above says "system clock" (which admittedly sounds a bit
vague :-)).