Re: [PATCH] fs: sys_poll with timeout -1 bug fix

On 15.06.2006 [17:33:05 +0200], frode isaksen wrote:
> From: Frode Isaksen <[email protected]>
> 
> If you do a poll() call with timeout -1, the wait will be a big  
> number (depending on HZ)  instead of infinite wait, since -1 is  
> passed to the msecs_to_jiffies function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Frode Isaksen <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Nishanth Aravamudan <[email protected]>

Thanks,
Nish

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Nishanth Aravamudan <[email protected]>
IBM Linux Technology Center
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