Re: [PATCH] make jiffies wrap 5 min after boot

From: Andi Kleen (ak@suse.de)
Date: Sun Feb 16 2003 - 02:00:03 EST


> But the point of this patch is to catch jiffy wrap bugs in generic code as
> well as in platform-specific code.
>
> Doing it for 64-bit platforms as well will give us just that bit more testing
> coverage, and has no cost. (Well, 8 more bytes of kernel image...)

The 64bit platforms already have enough problems due to 64bit unclean
code. No need to add a new unnecessary ones.

Jiffie wrap is purely a 32bit problem, just like highmem. Please keep
problems where they belong.

-Andi
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