Am Dienstag, 29. März 2011, 21:42:59 schrieb Thomas Gleixner:
> On Tue, 29 Mar 2011, Rolf Eike Beer wrote:

> > @@ -467,9 +468,10 @@ unsigned long msecs_to_jiffies(const unsigned int m)
> > 
> >  	if (HZ > MSEC_PER_SEC && m > jiffies_to_msecs(MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET))
> >  	
> >  		return MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET;
> 
> Hmm, this check is silly. MUL32 is chosen, so that we cannot overflow.

IMHO the second part of the check should be enough, no? If m is greater than 
j2m(MAX) then it's irrelevant what's up else, it's too big. Period.

Eike