From: Julia Lawall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The functions time_before, time_before_eq, time_after, and time_after_eq are more robust for comparing jiffies against other values.
A simplified version of the semantic patch making this change is as follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/) // <smpl> @ change_compare_np @ expression E; @@ ( - jiffies <= E + time_before_eq(jiffies,E) | - jiffies >= E + time_after_eq(jiffies,E) | - jiffies < E + time_before(jiffies,E) | - jiffies > E + time_after(jiffies,E) ) @ include depends on change_compare_np @ @@ #include <linux/jiffies.h> @ no_include depends on !include && change_compare_np @ @@ #include <linux/...> + #include <linux/jiffies.h> // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- diff -r -u -p a/drivers/char/rtc.c b/drivers/char/rtc.c --- a/drivers/char/rtc.c 2007-11-15 15:09:36.000000000 +0100 +++ b/drivers/char/rtc.c 2007-12-23 20:35:15.000000000 +0100 @@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ #ifdef CONFIG_SPARC32 #include <linux/pci.h> +#include <linux/jiffies.h> #include <asm/ebus.h> static unsigned long rtc_port; @@ -1282,7 +1283,8 @@ void rtc_get_rtc_time(struct rtc_time *r * Once the read clears, read the RTC time (again via ioctl). Easy. */ - while (rtc_is_updating() != 0 && jiffies - uip_watchdog < 2*HZ/100) + while (rtc_is_updating() != 0 && + time_before(jiffies, uip_watchdog + 2*HZ/100)) cpu_relax(); /* -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
