Messages in this thread | | | From | "Andrew E. Mileski" <> | Subject | Re: Jiffies Wraparound (was Re: interrupt counts) | Date | Wed, 21 Aug 1996 20:59:31 -0400 (EDT) |
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> to me, a solution to the jiffie wraparound could be either a > 64 bit absolute counter or a 32 bit delta. programms would then > not use the variable "jiffies", but a routine "get_delta_jiffie()" > which hides the counter internally and resets it to 0 very time > it is called. of course, this would require changed all over the > place, but installing a 64 bit counter would also ...
Heck, let's use the IPv6 solution: 128 bit numbers.
If I recall correctly, it was stated that this is more than enough to count all the electrons in the known universe.
Forward all replies to linux-offtopic@binary9.net :-)
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