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Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 08:46:58 +0200
From: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
To: Corrado Zoccolo <czoccolo@gmail.com>
Cc: Linux-Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
       Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: cfq: fix possible problem with jiffies wraparound
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On Sun, Oct 04 2009, Corrado Zoccolo wrote:
> The RR service tree is indexed by a key that is relative to current jiffies.
> This can cause problems on jiffies wraparound.
> 
> The patch fixes it using time_before comparison, and changing
> the add_front path to use a relative number, too.

Good spotting, applied.

-- 
Jens Axboe