Re: [PATCH] Avoid overflows in kernel/time.c

On Thu 2007-11-29 19:54:44, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> >>
> >>Anyway, I don't think compiling bc is hard on anything 
> >>which has a C compiler.
> >
> >alternative is to just also ship the precomputed values 
> >;-)
> >
> 
> Oh, come on... it's not like bc is some obscure thing.  
> It's a POSIX utility.

I think shiping precomputed values makes sense here. They are not
going to change often, right?
						Pavel
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References:
- [PATCH] Avoid overflows in kernel/time.c
  - From: "H. Peter Anvin" <[email protected]>
- Re: [PATCH] Avoid overflows in kernel/time.c
  - From: Chris Snook <[email protected]>
- Re: [PATCH] Avoid overflows in kernel/time.c
  - From: "H. Peter Anvin" <[email protected]>
- Re: [PATCH] Avoid overflows in kernel/time.c
  - From: Arjan van de Ven <[email protected]>
- Re: [PATCH] Avoid overflows in kernel/time.c
  - From: "H. Peter Anvin" <[email protected]>

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