Re: sys_poll with timeout -1 bug fix

[Nishanth Aravamudan]

On 15.06.2006 [15:05:00 +0200], frode isaksen wrote:
> If you do a poll() call with timeout -1, the wait will be a big  
> number (depending on HZ)  instead of infinite wait, since -1 is  
> passed to the msecs_to_jiffies function.
> Tested on i386 and MIPS with latest (2.6.16) kernel.

This looks very close to a fix I have on my machine, as well, after
looking at sys_poll() a bit. I suppose the only times you would notice
are if an application actually wants as long a wait as possible, as
opposed to a very long one.

Your patch was line-wrapped and does not have a Signed-off-by line,
however. Care to try again?

Thanks,
Nish

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Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@xxxxxxxxxx>
IBM Linux Technology Center
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