Switch between lists when rap around occurs

Hi, When roll over of tick count occurs in the system there is an operation of switch between the lists pxOverflowTimerList and pxCurrentTimerList. Why we need this switch operation between those two lists ?

Switch between lists when rap around occurs

The lists are kept sorted, so smaller values are first, and larger values follow. The code then scans the current timer list from the beginning and activates any operation whose time has past. If we want to set a timer past the wrap around of the tick roll over, then its value will be less than the current timer tick, so if we put it on the current timer list it would happen immediately, not after the tick rollover. The use of the overflow list is basically an extra bit to the tick value.