Re: [PATCH *] use 64 bit jiffies

Denis Vlasenko
2003-02-03T06:41:34Z

On 3 February 2003 00:55, Tim Schmielau wrote:
> Just a note that I have rediffed for 2.5.55 the patches that use the
> 64 bit jiffies value to avoid uptime and process start time wrap
> after 49.5 days. I will push them Linus-wards when he's back.
> They can be retrieved from
>
>
> http://www.physik3.uni-rostock.de/tim/kernel/2.5/jiffies64-33a.patch.
>gz (1/3: infrastructure)
>
> http://www.physik3.uni-rostock.de/tim/kernel/2.5/jiffies64-33b.patch.
>gz (2/3: fix uptime wrap)
>
> http://www.physik3.uni-rostock.de/tim/kernel/2.5/jiffies64-33c.patch.
>gz (3/3: 64 bit process start time)
>
> For discussion see
> http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0211.1/0471.html
> and
> http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0211.1/0847.html

Wow... your patches are STILL not included??
My 2.4 based server approaches 250 days uptime, it would be a shame
to be unable to have uptime < 50 days with 2.5
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vda