netdev - Re: [patch] pktgen: bug when calling ndelay in x86 architectures

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Date:	Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:02:27 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	bhutchings@...arflare.com, daniel.turull@...il.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, robert@...julf.net, voravit@....se,
	jens.laas@...m.uu.se
Subject: Re: [patch] pktgen: bug when calling ndelay in x86 architectures

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:55:38 +0200

> Well, I am not sure a patch is needed for net, since there is no bug,
> but maybe small inaccuracies ? Correct me if I misunderstood Daniel !

Ok that appears to be the case, so this is not something we should
deal with in the 'net' tree.

The constant ndelay() case would purposely cause a build failure for
values larger than 40000, but the specific call site we are discussing
in pktgen is never constant and therefore should would never trigger
that bug check.

>> Eric, could you please formally submit this patch with proper
>> changelog etc.?
> 
> Sure !
> 
> [PATCH net-next] pktgen: remove ndelay() call

Applied, thanks!
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