Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964881Ab3DHUiv (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Apr 2013 16:38:51 -0400 Received: from mail-ob0-f169.google.com ([209.85.214.169]:39265 "EHLO mail-ob0-f169.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964857Ab3DHUir (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Apr 2013 16:38:47 -0400 Message-ID: <51632AD3.5030906@linaro.org> Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:38:43 -0700 From: John Stultz User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130308 Thunderbird/17.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Prarit Bhargava CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner , stable Subject: Re: [PATCH] hrtimer, add expiry time overflow check in hrtimer_interrupt References: <1365425235-26191-1-git-send-email-prarit@redhat.com> <5163264B.3050707@linaro.org> <516329D2.1050003@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <516329D2.1050003@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 894 Lines: 25 On 04/08/2013 01:34 PM, Prarit Bhargava wrote: > > On 04/08/2013 04:19 PM, John Stultz wrote: >> On 04/08/2013 05:47 AM, Prarit Bhargava wrote: >>> A simple check for an overflow can resolve this problem. Using KTIME_MAX >>> instead of the overflow value will result in the hrtimer function being run, >>> and the reprogramming of the timer after that. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava >>> Cc: Thomas Gleixner >>> Cc: John Stultz >> Prarit: Should this be tagged for -stable? > John, > > Yes, this should go to -stable. cc'd. Also, added the cc to the commit. thanks -john -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/