Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 1 Nov 2008 22:36:30 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alan Stern <> | Subject | Re: (BUG?) round_jiffies() is non-monotonic on SMP |
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On Sat, 1 Nov 2008, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > Come to think of it, is there any good reason why round_jiffies() > > doesn't always round up? It seems a lot safer. > > at the time folks had concerns about making a big error in that > direction...
All right then. Would it be preferable to add a new round_jiffies_up() routine, or to change round_jiffies() so that it never rounds down?
Alan Stern
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