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From: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>
To: Mark Mielke <mark@mark.mielke.cc>
Cc: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>,
	Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@math.leidenuniv.nl>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: {sys_,/dev/}epoll waiting timeout
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 18:28:31 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030123182831.GA8184@bjl1.asuk.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030123172734.GA2490@mark.mielke.cc>

Mark Mielke wrote:
> Or, fix sys_poll(). With the +1, this means that sys_poll() would have
> a 1 in 1001 chance per second of returning one jiffie too early.

Nope.  Read the expression again.

> > poll(2) takes an int, but sys_poll() takes a long.
> > I think everyone is confused :)
> > The reason I suggested "long timeout" for ep_poll is because the
> > multiply in the expression:
> > 	jtimeout = (unsigned long)(timeout*HZ+999)/1000;
> > can overflow if you don't.  If you stick with the int, you'll need to
> > write:
> > 	jtimeout = (((unsigned long)timeout)*HZ+999)/1000;
> 
> On a 16 bit platform, perhaps... :-)

Nope.  It will overflow on a _64_ bit platform, if you give it a value
of MAXINT for example.

-- Jamie

  reply	other threads:[~2003-01-23 18:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-01-22  6:55 Lennert Buytenhek
2003-01-22  8:03 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-01-22 12:46   ` Ed Tomlinson
2003-01-22 13:20     ` Jamie Lokier
2003-01-22 19:14       ` Randy.Dunlap
2003-01-22 19:34         ` Jamie Lokier
2003-01-22 19:32           ` Randy.Dunlap
2003-01-23 14:07   ` Davide Libenzi
2003-01-23 15:43     ` Jamie Lokier
2003-01-23 17:27       ` Mark Mielke
2003-01-23 18:28         ` Jamie Lokier [this message]
2003-01-23 20:40           ` Mark Mielke
2003-01-23 22:18             ` Jamie Lokier
2003-01-24 14:41               ` Andreas Schwab
2003-01-25  1:08               ` Davide Libenzi
2003-01-27 21:27               ` bug in select() (was Re: {sys_,/dev/}epoll waiting timeout) Bill Rugolsky Jr.
2003-01-27 22:52                 ` Davide Libenzi
2003-01-28  9:45                   ` Jamie Lokier
2003-01-28 10:52                     ` Mark Mielke
2003-01-28 21:39                       ` Jamie Lokier
2003-01-28 22:15                     ` Davide Libenzi
2003-01-28 19:42   ` {sys_,/dev/}epoll waiting timeout Randy.Dunlap
2003-01-28 21:36     ` Jamie Lokier
2003-01-28 21:44       ` David Mosberger
     [not found] <20030122080322.GB3466@bjl1.asuk.net.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
     [not found] ` <Pine.LNX.4.33L2.0301281139570.30636-100000@dragon.pdx.osdl.net.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
     [not found]   ` <20030128213621.GA29036@bjl1.asuk.net.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
2003-01-28 21:55     ` Andi Kleen
2003-01-28 22:24       ` Davide Libenzi
2003-01-28 22:39         ` Andi Kleen
2003-01-28 23:00           ` Davide Libenzi

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