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From: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <B.Zolnierkiewicz@elka.pw.edu.pl>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: serialize access to ide device
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 15:49:27 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040802134926.GW10496@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0408021540070.12449@waterleaf.sonytel.be>

On Mon, Aug 02 2004, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Aug 2004, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > +		schedule_timeout(HZ/100);
> 
> Hmm, we still have a few platforms where HZ < 100.
> 
> Probably safer to use `schedule_timeout((HZ+99)/100);'?
> 
> BTW, did anyone ever audit the kernel for such usages?

Good point, or perhaps just 1 instead.

-- 
Jens Axboe


  reply	other threads:[~2004-08-02 13:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-08-02 13:11 serialize access to ide device Jens Axboe
2004-08-02 13:41 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-08-02 13:49   ` Jens Axboe [this message]
2004-08-19 13:14 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2004-08-19 12:32   ` Alan Cox
2004-08-21 10:32   ` Jens Axboe
2004-08-21 14:43     ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2004-08-21 16:21       ` Jens Axboe
2004-08-21 17:13         ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2004-08-23 12:15           ` Jens Axboe
2004-08-23 15:02             ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2004-08-23 14:50               ` Alan Cox
2004-08-23 15:10               ` Jens Axboe
2004-08-23 16:07               ` Jeff Garzik
2004-08-23 16:59                 ` Jens Axboe

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