On Fri 9 May 2003 08:07, dan carpenter wrote: > 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... ;) this is true in 64bit architecture, but in 32bit i hope to live enough to see jiffies overflow ;) ... what happen after 427 days? can i suppose that jiffies roll over to 0 value in every 32 bit architecture? > regards, > dan carpenter -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PGP PKEY http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=belch76@libero.it&op=index ICQ# 104896040 Netphone/Fax 178.605.7063 Homepage http://web.tiscali.it/bellucda ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniele Bellucci -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
