From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 25 May 2001 17:46:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 25 May 2001 17:45:55 -0400 Received: from pincoya.inf.utfsm.cl ([200.1.19.3]:30729 "EHLO pincoya.inf.utfsm.cl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 25 May 2001 17:45:41 -0400 Message-Id: <200105252145.f4PLjJaC004054@pincoya.inf.utfsm.cl> To: Mark Frazer Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [timer] max timeout In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 25 May 2001 17:26:28 -0400." <20010525172628.P32217@somanetworks.com> X-mailer: MH [Version 6.8.4] X-charset: ISO_8859-1 Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 17:45:19 -0400 From: Horst von Brand Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mark Frazer said: [...] > The output of `find . -type f | xargs grep 'jiffies +'` would suggest > that there are a few latent bugs as jiffies grows to values near the > top of its range. I guess this hasn't turned up as 0x7fffffff / (100 * > 3600 * 24) = 248.55. There were patches floating around a _long_ time ago (2.1-ish AFAIR) that allowed you to start your system at any jiffy. Many people checked out what happens on jiffie rollover then. Might be a good idea to do that again... -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand mailto:vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513