| Date | Sun, 11 Jan 2015 13:41:46 +0100 | From | Richard Cochran <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 06/10] time: Cap clocksource reads to the clocksource max_cycles value |
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On Fri, Jan 09, 2015 at 04:34:24PM -0800, John Stultz wrote: > When calculating the current delta since the last tick, we > currently have no hard protections to prevent a multiplciation > overflow from ocurring.
This is just papering over the problem. The "hard protection" should be having a tick scheduled before the range of the clock source is exhausted.
Thanks, Richard
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