[PATCH] Fix timeout overflow with jiffies
authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:27:29 +0000 (01:27 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:13:56 +0000 (08:13 -0800)
Prevent timeout overflow if timer ticks are behind jiffies (due to high
softirq load or due to dyntick), by limiting the valid timeout range to
MAX_LONG/2.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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