On Sun, 2007-03-25 at 13:14 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Thomas Gleixner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Here you go. It's ugly, but it should do the trick for now.
> >
> > tglx
>
> here's your patch with proper metadata:
>
> --------------------->
> From: Thomas Gleixner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [patch] ntp: avoid integer overflow in do_adjtimex()
>
> John Stultz traced back ntpd problems to the following issue:
> do_adjtimex() [used by ntpd] can overflow if there's a too long delay
> between timer interrupts - as it can happen on NO_HZ. Expand the
> time_adjust calculation/division from 32 bits to 64 bits.
Wrong metadata. This is a patch to fix John's patch vs. signedness.
tglx
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