Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> writes:
> Hi,
>
> > +#define INITIAL_JIFFIES (0xffffffffUL & (unsigned long)(-300*HZ))
>
> In order to make 64bit arches wrap too, you might want to use -1UL here.
> Not that jiffies should wrap on a 64bit machine...
Seems somewhat pointless.
(2^64-1) / (1000 * 3600 * 24 * 365)
~584942417.35507203243911719939
I doubt any system ever will have an uptime of > 584 million years
(assuming HZ=1000) and if jiffies wrap will be the least of their
problems.
-Andi
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