From: Daniele Bellucci <bellucda@tiscali.it> > Hi list, > > i would like to know how does linux kernel handle jiffies variable overflow. > > -) Is there any check on jiffies's value? where is done? > -) What happen when jiffies contains the maximum value allowed by its type? > > thanx > Tim Schmielau's 64 bit jiffies patch was merged in 2.5.60. The jiffies value won't overflow in our life time... ;) regards, dan carpenter -- _______________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
