From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@redhat.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4 v4] kernel/fork.c: avoid division by zero
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 22:10:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150223211002.GG5029@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1424722477-23758-3-git-send-email-xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 09:14:35PM +0100, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> With 32-bit calculus there is no solution which delivers valid results
> for all possible combinations of the parameters.
So I can't help but be bugged by this (my problem I know); calculus is
the mathematics of change; its differential equations and integrals.
What we do here is modular arithmetic on a commutative ring.
Please use calculation as you do here:
> Hence a 64-bit calculation can be used as solution.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-02-23 21:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-02-17 19:01 [PATCH 1/1 v2] kernel/fork.c: avoid division by zero Heinrich Schuchardt
2015-02-17 23:15 ` Andrew Morton
2015-02-18 19:38 ` Guenter Roeck
2015-02-18 19:50 ` Heinrich Schuchardt
2015-02-18 20:23 ` Guenter Roeck
2015-02-18 19:47 ` Heinrich Schuchardt
2015-02-18 20:28 ` Andrew Morton
2015-02-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 0/3 v3] kernel/fork.c max_thread handling Heinrich Schuchardt
2015-02-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 1/3 v3] kernel/fork.c: avoid division by zero Heinrich Schuchardt
2015-02-22 7:58 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-02-23 20:14 ` [PATCH 0/4 v4] max_threadx handling Heinrich Schuchardt
2015-02-23 20:14 ` [PATCH 1/4 v4] kernel/fork.c: new function for max_threads Heinrich Schuchardt
2015-02-23 20:14 ` [PATCH 2/4 v4] kernel/fork.c: avoid division by zero Heinrich Schuchardt
2015-02-23 21:10 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2015-02-23 21:29 ` Heinrich Schuchardt
2015-02-24 7:35 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-02-23 20:14 ` [PATCH 3/4 v4] kernel/sysctl.c: threads-max observe limits Heinrich Schuchardt
2015-02-23 20:14 ` [PATCH 4/4 v4] kernel/fork.c: memory hotplug updates max_threads Heinrich Schuchardt
2015-02-23 20:50 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-02-23 20:54 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-02-23 21:11 ` Heinrich Schuchardt
2015-02-23 21:46 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-02-24 19:38 ` [PATCH 0/3 v5] max_threadx handling Heinrich Schuchardt
2015-02-24 19:38 ` [PATCH 1/3 v5] kernel/fork.c: new function for max_threads Heinrich Schuchardt
2015-02-24 21:03 ` David Rientjes
2015-02-24 21:23 ` Heinrich Schuchardt
2015-02-24 22:16 ` David Rientjes
2015-02-25 7:21 ` Heinrich Schuchardt
2015-02-25 10:17 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-02-25 19:08 ` Heinrich Schuchardt
2015-02-25 21:07 ` David Rientjes
2015-02-24 19:38 ` [PATCH 2/3 v5] kernel/fork.c: avoid division by zero Heinrich Schuchardt
2015-02-24 21:14 ` David Rientjes
2015-02-24 19:38 ` [PATCH 3/3] kernel/sysctl.c: threads-max observe limits Heinrich Schuchardt
2015-02-24 21:17 ` David Rientjes
2015-02-24 21:31 ` Heinrich Schuchardt
2015-02-24 22:20 ` David Rientjes
2015-02-25 18:47 ` Heinrich Schuchardt
2015-02-25 20:47 ` David Rientjes
2015-02-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 2/3 v3] " Heinrich Schuchardt
2015-02-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 3/3 v3] kernel/fork.c: memory hotplug updates max_threads Heinrich Schuchardt
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