linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fix jiffy calculations in calibrate_delay

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Message-ID: <AANLkTinu3q==3kAaXkUBorOX7NG49w+X77ZZQifhhJ+Z@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 9 Feb 2011 12:54:10 -0800
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...ell.com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@...rix.com>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix jiffy calculations in calibrate_delay_direct to
 handle overflow

On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 12:31 AM, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...ell.com> wrote:
> Fixes a hang when booting as dom0 under Xen, when jiffies can be
> quite large by the time the kernel init gets this far.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@...rix.com>
>
> !time_after() -> time_before_eq() as per suggestion from Jiri Slaby.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>
> Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>

So I have nothing against the patch, but the changelog is broken.

Is Tim the original author? If so, why wasn't that noted? I'm just
guessing from that random signed-off line in the middle of the thing.

Please guys, don't drop authorship attributions, or alternatively
don't confuse me with odd random sign-off lines in the middle of the
message.

                              Linus
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