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    SubjectRe: gettimeofday() jumping into the future
    Gerald Britton wrote:
    > I have seen this as well (on a 2.6.20.4 kernel). The value returned was
    > always identical each time the glitch occured (just a little over 4398
    > seconds).

    I would guess an off by 2^32 error is at play.

    -hpa
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