Re: [PATCH] clocksource: Avoid selecting mult values that mightoverflow when adjusted

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Thu, 3 Nov 2011, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Nov 2011, John Stultz wrote:
> > Oh, and the other bit is that not all clocksources have been converted
> > over to using clocksource_register_hz/khz, so some may be using very
> > small shift values, which could more easily hit large % mult adjustment
> > (due to the resulting coarseness of each integer change) that wouldn't
> > cause overflows.
> 
> Fair enough. I'm queuing it.

That want's a cc stable as well, right ?

 
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/