linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH resend] fs/eventpoll.c: fix compilation warning

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Date:	Fri, 14 Jan 2011 07:21:12 -0800 (PST)
From:	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>
To:	Shawn Bohrer <shawn.bohrer@...il.com>
cc:	Jack Stone <jwjstone@...tmail.fm>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH resend] fs/eventpoll.c: fix compilation warning

On Fri, 14 Jan 2011, Shawn Bohrer wrote:

> Yes timeout can be negative.  When timeout is negative it signifies an
> infinite timeout.  Therefore I think the correct fix is to initialize
> slack to 0.  I actually sent a patch to fix this back in November, but
> it looks like it was never applied.
> 
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/27/143
> 
> Andrew, can you apply this patch?  Let me know if I need to resend.

Yes, please.


- Davide


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