Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 25 Sep 2005 13:55:18 -0700 | From | Nishanth Aravamudan <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/3] fixes for overflow in poll(), epoll(), and msec_to_jiffies() |
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On 24.09.2005 [21:38:39 +0200], Willy Tarreau wrote: > Hello, > > After the discussion around epoll() timeout, I noticed that the functions used > to detect the timeout could themselves overflow for some values of HZ. > > So I decided to fix them by defining a macro which represents the maximal > acceptable argument which is guaranteed not to overflow. As an added bonus, > those functions can now be used in poll() and ep_poll() and remove the divide > if HZ == 1000, or replace it with a shift if (1000 % HZ) or (HZ % 1000) is a > power of two. > > Patches against 2.6.14-rc2-mm1 sent as replies to this mail.
These look really good, Willy. Thanks for the fixes!
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