Re: do we still need the jiffies wraparound functions ?

[Dave Jones]

On Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 11:32:41AM +0800, jeff shia wrote:
 > Hello,
 > 
 > Under the kernel 2.6.x,the jiffies is defined as u64.We cannot count
 > on it to overflow.

You can guarantee it will overflow within a few minutes of booting.
This is done deliberatly to catch jiffy-wrap bugs.

 > Do we still need the functions to solve this problem?

yes.

		Dave
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