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From: "Magnus Naeslund(t)" <mag@fbab.net>
To: "Magnus Naeslund(t)" <mag@fbab.net>
Cc: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.4.23aa2 (bugfixes and important VM improvements for the high end)
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2004 14:13:28 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4049CE78.7040607@fbab.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4049CA99.4020002@fbab.net>

Magnus Naeslund(t) wrote:
> 
> But isn't this kind of code a known buggy way of implementing timeouts?
> Shouldn't it be like:
> 
> time_t x = time(0);
> do {
>   ...
> } while (time(0) - x >= TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS);

I meant:
  } while (time(0) - x < TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS);

Also if time_t is signed, that needs to be taken care of.

Magnus - butterfingers


  reply	other threads:[~2004-03-06 13:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 100+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-02-27  1:33 2.4.23aa2 (bugfixes and important VM improvements for the high end) Andrea Arcangeli
2004-02-27  4:38 ` Rik van Riel
2004-02-27 17:32   ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-02-27 19:08     ` Rik van Riel
2004-02-27 20:29       ` Andrew Morton
2004-02-27 20:49         ` Rik van Riel
2004-02-27 20:55           ` Andrew Morton
2004-02-27 21:28           ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-02-27 21:37             ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-02-28  3:22             ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-03-01 11:10           ` Nikita Danilov
2004-02-27 21:15         ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-02-27 22:03           ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-02-27 22:23             ` Andrew Morton
2004-02-28  2:32             ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-02-28  4:57               ` Wim Coekaerts
2004-02-28  6:18                 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-02-28  6:45                   ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-02-28  7:05                     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-02-28  9:19                       ` Dave Hansen
2004-03-18  2:44                         ` Andrea Arcangeli
     [not found]                   ` <20040228061838.GO8834@dualathlon.random.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
2004-02-28 12:46                     ` Andi Kleen
2004-02-29  1:39                       ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-02-29  2:29                         ` Andi Kleen
2004-02-29 16:34                           ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-02-28  6:10               ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-02-28  6:43                 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-02-28  7:00                   ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-02-28  7:29                     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-02-28 14:55                       ` Rik van Riel
2004-02-28 15:06                         ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-02-29  1:43                         ` Andrea Arcangeli
     [not found]                           ` < 1078370073.3403.759.camel@abyss.local>
2004-03-04  3:14                           ` Peter Zaitsev
2004-03-04  3:33                             ` Andrew Morton
2004-03-04  3:44                               ` Peter Zaitsev
2004-03-04  4:07                                 ` Andrew Morton
2004-03-04  4:44                                   ` Peter Zaitsev
2004-03-04  4:52                                   ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-03-04  5:10                                     ` Andrew Morton
2004-03-04  5:27                                       ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-03-04  5:38                                         ` Andrew Morton
2004-03-05 20:19                                       ` Jamie Lokier
2004-03-05 20:33                                         ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-03-05 21:44                                           ` Jamie Lokier
2004-03-04 12:12                                     ` Rik van Riel
2004-03-04 16:21                                     ` Peter Zaitsev
2004-03-04 18:13                                       ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-03-04 17:35                                   ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-03-04 18:16                                     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-03-04 19:31                                       ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-03-04 20:21                                     ` Peter Zaitsev
2004-03-05 10:33                                 ` Ingo Molnar
2004-03-05 14:15                                   ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-03-05 14:32                                     ` Ingo Molnar
2004-03-05 14:58                                       ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-03-05 15:26                                         ` Ingo Molnar
2004-03-05 15:53                                           ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-03-07  8:41                                             ` Ingo Molnar
2004-03-07 10:29                                               ` Nick Piggin
2004-03-07 17:33                                                 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-03-08  5:15                                                   ` Nick Piggin
2004-03-07 17:24                                               ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-03-05 21:28                                           ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-03-05 18:42                                         ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-03-05 19:13                                           ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-03-05 19:55                                             ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-03-05 20:29                                               ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-03-05 20:41                                                 ` Andrew Morton
2004-03-05 21:07                                                   ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-03-05 22:12                                                     ` Andrew Morton
2004-03-05 14:34                                     ` Ingo Molnar
2004-03-05 14:59                                       ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-03-05 15:02                                         ` Ingo Molnar
     [not found]                                           ` <20040305150225.GA13237@elte.hu.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
2004-03-05 15:51                                             ` Andi Kleen
2004-03-05 16:23                                               ` Ingo Molnar
2004-03-05 16:39                                                 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-03-07  8:16                                                   ` Ingo Molnar
2004-03-10 13:21                                                 ` Andi Kleen
2004-03-05 16:42                                                   ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-03-05 16:49                                                   ` Ingo Molnar
2004-03-05 16:58                                                     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-03-05 20:11                                           ` Jamie Lokier
2004-03-06  5:12                                             ` Jamie Lokier
2004-03-06 12:56                                               ` Magnus Naeslund(t)
2004-03-06 13:13                                                 ` Magnus Naeslund(t) [this message]
2004-03-07 11:55                                             ` Ingo Molnar
2004-03-07  6:50                                           ` Peter Zaitsev
2004-03-02  9:10                 ` Kurt Garloff
2004-03-02 15:32                   ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-02-27 21:42         ` Hugh Dickins
2004-02-27 23:18         ` Marcelo Tosatti
2004-02-27 22:39           ` Andrew Morton
2004-02-27 20:31       ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-02-29  6:34       ` Mike Fedyk
     [not found] <20040304175821.GO4922@dualathlon.random>
2004-03-04 22:14 ` Rik van Riel
2004-03-04 23:24   ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-03-05  3:43     ` Rik van Riel
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2004-03-12 21:15                       ` Andi Kleen
2004-03-18 19:50                         ` Peter Zaitsev
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2004-03-12 21:25                         ` Andi Kleen

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