linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] timer fix

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Message-ID: <498A2129.4030408@zytor.com>
Date:	Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:13:45 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>,
	Kirill Korotaev <dev@...nvz.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [git pull] timer fix

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> The solution is (based on Linus's suggestion) to compare 64-bits
                                                   ^not, presumably
> (on 64-bit x86), but to do the comparison on 32-bit signed
> integers.

	-hpa
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