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SubjectRe: [Bugme-new] [Bug 8479] New: gettimeofday returning 1000000 in tv_usec on core2duo
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> >
> > I remember I already hit this and corrected it
> >
> > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blobdi
> >ff;f=arch/x86_64/kernel/vsyscall.c;h=dc32cef961950915fbaa185e36ab802d5f7ce
> >a3b;hp=ba330f87067996a17495f7d03466d646c718b52c;hb=c8118c6c07f2edfd697aaa0
> >b93e08c3b65a5a675;hpb=272a3713bb9e302e0455c894c41180a482d2c8a3
>
> Oh, OK.
>
> > Maybe a stable push is necessary ?
>
> yup. Please always think of -stable when preparing fixes. I'm sure many
> useful fixes are slipping past simply because those who _are_ looking out
> for backportable fixes are missing things.
>
> Greg, Chris: please consider c8118c6c07f2edfd697aaa0b93e08c3b65a5a675
> for -stable, if it isn't already there.

The full patch is overkill because 99% of it is an totally unrelated
optimization. Only the > -> >= change should be backported

-Andi

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