Am Montag 08 Mai 2006 08:07 schrieb David S. Miller:
> What is so special about what linkwatch is doing such
> that it needs this kind of treatment and other similar
> pieces or code do not?
>
> We have all sorts of interfaces such as time_after() et el.
> in order to deal with wrapping issues.
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From: Stefan Rompf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 12:13:56 +0200
> the linkwatch code can overflow on a jiffies wrap, scheduling
> work with a too large delay. If the delay is >0x8000,
> internal_add_timer() seems to overflow too, hiding the bug, so
> this isn't triggered too easily
Hi,
the linkwatch code can overflow on a jiffies wrap, scheduling
work with a too large delay. If the delay is >0x8000,
internal_add_timer() seems to overflow too, hiding the bug, so
this isn't triggered too easily.
Best solution is to use jiffies64 for calculation as these
events happen with
