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

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Date:	Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:23:30 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
To:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
CC:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: use jiffies conversion functions in scsi_ioctl.c

Jens Axboe wrote:
> 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, it seems premature timeout on bug 9346 could be caused by the same
problem.  Can you push this so that it can go into 2.6.24?

-- 
tejun
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