linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH jiffies] Avoid undefined behavior from signed overflow

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFz2mLabJTjKffYcJfWycseNUS5F=vEzmorL7QZn7SnxLQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 4 Aug 2013 13:23:13 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Paul McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Kevin Easton <kevin@...rana.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH jiffies] Avoid undefined behavior from signed overflow

On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Paul E. McKenney
<paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> I have it queued up for 3.12, as you say, due to "-fno-strict-overflow".
> But if you would rather have it sooner, please let me know and I will send
> a pull request.

No, that's fine. As long as it's somewhere. 3.12 is better, rc4 is
already getting too big for my taste.

              Linus
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