Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 26 Dec 2005 23:04:52 -0500 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: do we still need the jiffies wraparound functions ? |
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On Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 11:32:41AM +0800, jeff shia wrote: > Hello, > > Under the kernel 2.6.x,the jiffies is defined as u64.We cannot count > on it to overflow.
You can guarantee it will overflow within a few minutes of booting. This is done deliberatly to catch jiffy-wrap bugs.
> Do we still need the functions to solve this problem?
yes.
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