linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: use jiffies conversion functions in scsi

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Message-ID: <20071205202131.GF29561@kernel.dk>
Date:	Wed, 5 Dec 2007 21:21:32 +0100
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: use jiffies conversion functions in scsi_ioctl.c

On Wed, Dec 05 2007, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Use msecs_to_jiffies() and jiffies_to_msecs() in scsi_ioctl().
> Sometimes callers use very large values for e.g. vendor specific media
> clear command and calculation can overflow.

Thanks Tejun, applied.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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