Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 10 Jan 1999 22:46:01 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: testing/pre-7 and do_poll() |
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On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, Chip Salzenberg wrote: > > Well, I forgot the (unsigned long) cast, as someone else noted: > > timeout = ROUND_UP((unsigned long) timeout, 1000/HZ); > > Otherwise, the code is Just Right.
Duh?
The above code is basically just completely wrong.
Hint: HZ is a define - not 100.
You just ended up dividing by zero on certain architectures.
Linus
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