Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> wrote:
> No it wouldn't; it'd just require you to have two extra ints, and something
> that
> ran every so often (and as part of any syscall that tells userspace the
> uptime),
> that does:
>
> static unsigned last_uptime = 0;
> static unsigned wraps = 0;
> if (uptime < last_uptime) wraps++;
> last_uptime = uptime;
>
> You could probably even do it in userspace, really, with some care.
This is the most sensible answer I've heard about this (and I've
bitched about the limitation a lot). Maybe it's time for me to delve into
the kernel source for the first time in 10 years.
- Tyler
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