Re: [patch] jiffies wraparound [Re: 2.1.125 Show stopper list: Draft]

ralf@uni-koblenz.de
Mon, 19 Oct 1998 16:20:26 +0200


On Sun, Oct 18, 1998 at 12:31:01AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:

> > > Linus are you worried to fix the jiffies wrap bug?
> >
> > Quite frankly, considering the "jiffies" thing to be a show-stopper is
> > just ridiculous. It's not even on my radar, and I don't see this being a
> > 2.2 issue.
>
> I guess it depends on your agenda. An OS that has to be rebooted every
> 490 days isnt a very good embedded system large or small. "Please remember
> to reboot your building airconditioning control system about next august" ;)
>
> View from on high noted, want me to take it off the list ?

Some people are running kernel at a higher HZ which brings them much closer
to the danger zone.

Ralf

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