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

Michael Vergoz
2003-02-16T02:40:04Z

sure.

rdgs
Michael V

Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 3:43 AM
Subject: Re: [PATCH] make jiffies wrap 5 min after boot

> At some point in the past, someone else wrote:
> >> +#define INITIAL_JIFFIES (0xffffffffUL & (unsigned long)(-300*HZ))
>
> On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 01:08:08PM +1100, Anton Blanchard wrote:
> > In order to make 64bit arches wrap too, you might want to use -1UL here.
> > Not that jiffies should wrap on a 64bit machine...
>
> Can I get a vote for ~0UL instead of -1UL?
>
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