On 31.08.2005 [13:01:09 -0700], Nishanth Aravamudan wrote: > Sorry everybody, forgot the most important Cc: :) > > -Nish > > Hi Andrew, > > In looking at Bug 5132 and sys_poll(), I think there is a flaw in the > current code. > > The @timeout parameter to sys_poll() is in milliseconds but we compare > it to (MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT / HZ), which is jiffies/jiffies-per-sec or > seconds. That seems blatantly broken. Also, I think we are better served > by converting to jiffies first then comparing, as opposed to converting > our maximum to milliseconds (or seconds, incorrectly) and comparing. > > Comments, suggestions for improvement?
I haven't got any responses (here or on the bug)... A silent NACK? Anything I should change to make people happier? Thanks, Nish - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
