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SubjectRe: (BUG?) round_jiffies() is non-monotonic on SMP
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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