Re: [NET] linkwatch: Handle jiffies wrap-around

2006-05-09 Thread David S. Miller
From: Stefan Rompf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 18:51:49 +0200 > > Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Acked-by: Stefan Rompf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Applied, thanks everyone. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [

Re: [NET] linkwatch: Handle jiffies wrap-around

2006-05-09 Thread Stefan Rompf
Am Dienstag 09 Mai 2006 13:26 schrieb Herbert Xu: > The test used in the linkwatch does not handle wrap-arounds correctly. > Since the intention of the code is to eliminate bursts of messages we > can afford to delay things up to a second. looks good, the code generates only up to 1 second delay

[NET] linkwatch: Handle jiffies wrap-around

2006-05-09 Thread Herbert Xu
tectures. So if the > network is stable for 24 days, events generated within days 25-49 will suffer > a *huge* false delay. How about something like this? [NET] linkwatch: Handle jiffies wrap-around The test used in the linkwatch does not handle wrap-arounds correctly. Since the intent