Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt

From: Bill Davidsen
Date: Sun Jul 24 2005 - 07:53:54 EST


Jesper Juhl wrote:

On 7/24/05, randy_dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 05:46:44 +0200 Jesper Juhl wrote:



+static int __init jiffies_increment_setup(char *str)
+{
+ printk(KERN_NOTICE "setting up jiffies_increment : ");
+ if (str) {
+ printk("kernel_hz = %s, ", str);
+ } else {
+ printk("kernel_hz is unset, ");
+ }
+ if (!strncmp("100", str, 3)) {


BTW, if someone enters "kernel_hz=1000", this check (above) for "100"
matches (detects) 100, not 1000.



ouch. You are right - thanks. I'll be sure to fix that.
I haven't had time to look more at this little thing for the last few
days, but I'll get back to it soon. Thank you for the feedback.



I have to admit that I like paranoid programming, and would rather see this look for "kernel_hz=" then convert the digits after to an integer and validate that. It would catch invalid values far better, allow other values to be either implemented as best as is possible if desired, and NOT ignore invalid values if they didn't match these predefined strings.

--
bill davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>
CTO TMR Associates, Inc
Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979

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