Re: patch to fix set_itimer() behaviour in boundary cases

[Arjan van de Ven]

> > 
> > This one I meant to fix in the kernel fwiw; we can put that loop inside
> > the kernel easily I'm sure
> 
> Yes, but it will increase the data size of the timer...
> 

eh how?
the way I think it can be done is to just have multiple timers fire
until the total time is up. It's not a performance issue (a timer firing
every 24 days.. who cares, esp since such long delays are rare anyway)
after all...


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