Re: [PATCH] fix mdelay(1) for 64bit kernel with HZ == 1000

To:	Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
Subject:	Re: [PATCH] fix mdelay(1) for 64bit kernel with HZ == 1000
From:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Date:	Mon, 5 Dec 2005 14:35:30 +0000
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On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 01:33:26PM +0900, Atsushi Nemoto wrote:

> mdelay(1) (i.e. udelay(1000)) does not work correctly due to overflow.
> 
> 1000 * 0x004189374BC6A7f0 = 0x10000000000000180 (>= 2**64)
> 
> 0x004189374BC6A7ef (0x004189374BC6A7f0 - 1) is OK and it is exactly
> same as catchall case (0x8000000000000000UL / (500000 / HZ)).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>

Applied.

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