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    SubjectRe: [patch] jiffies wraparound [Re: 2.1.125 Show stopper list: Draft]
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    Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@e-mind.com> suggested:
    > On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, MOLNAR Ingo wrote:
    > > timeout = HZ/10;
    > And what about to decalre timeout `int' and not `long'?
    > Andrea Arcangeli

    You would get Alpha users to worry about wrap-around in
    about 24.3 days ... (2^31/HZ seconds) No thanks.
    (Now we don't need to care of it before about 0.3 gigayears..)

    /Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@sonera.fi>

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