netdev - Re: [PATCH] netfilter: ctnetlink: fix timeout calculation

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Date:	Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:58:12 +0100
From:	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:	Xi Wang <xi.wang@...il.com>
Cc:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netfilter: ctnetlink: fix timeout calculation

On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 10:40:17AM -0500, Xi Wang wrote:
> The sanity check (timeout < 0) never works; the dividend is unsigned
> and so is the division, which should have been a signed division.
> 
> 	long timeout = (ct->timeout.expires - jiffies) / HZ;
> 	if (timeout < 0)
> 		timeout = 0;
> 
> This patch converts the time values to signed for the division.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xi Wang <xi.wang@...il.com>

Applied, thanks.
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