tree 84adb214bab37327d4806ca5d0b91c3ba24c73ad
parent 41cf54455da5e5dc847a9733d49ca23b5e7dd59e
author Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> 1171618049 -0800
committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> 1171642436 -0800

[PATCH] Fix timeout overflow with jiffies

Prevent timeout overflow if timer ticks are behind jiffies (due to high
softirq load or due to dyntick), by limiting the valid timeout range to
MAX_LONG/2.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>