linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Introduce jiffies_32 and related compare functions

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Message-Id: <20061211.195737.71090466.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 11 Dec 2006 19:57:37 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dada1@...mosbay.com
Cc:	akpm@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Introduce jiffies_32 and related compare functions

From: Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 04:47:14 +0100

> I doubt being able to extend the expiration of a dst above 2^32
> ticks (49 days if HZ=1000, 198 days if HZ=250) is worth the ram
> wastage.

And this doesn't apply for all jiffies uses because? :-)

That's the point I'm trying to make and get a discussion on.
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