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

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Message-Id: <4D53B45C0200007800031313@vpn.id2.novell.com>
Date:	Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:48:12 +0000
From:	"Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@...ell.com>
To:	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"Tim Deegan" <Tim.Deegan@...rix.com>,
	"Jeremy Fitzhardinge" <jeremy@...p.org>,
	<akpm@...ux-foundation.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 09.02.11 at 21:54, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> 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.

Indeed, I forgot to add the From: line. I'm sorry about that; I'll
resubmit.

Jan

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