Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: Since so many people have asked me this | Date | Tue, 5 Nov 1996 21:02:09 +0000 (GMT) |
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> > In article <Pine.LNX.3.91.961102144109.794A-100000@linux.cs.helsinki.fi>, > Linus Torvalds <torvalds@cs.helsinki.fi> wrote: > > >... The day we need more than 4GB > >counters for socket memory allocation I think I'll retire ;) > > Probably sometime around 2005 if the last 20 years is anything to go by. > > :-)
typedef mindbogglingly long counter_t;
Linus: if you get a moment (hahaha) just bump the accounting to use long long and %L (Im assuming printk does support %L)
Alan
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