On Wed, 26 Dec 2007, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Julia Lawall wrote: > > 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. > > > > More robust, how? You already almost introduced a bug here...
I'm just summarizing the comment that goes with the definition of the time_after etc functions: include/linux/jiffies.h:88 /* * These inlines deal with timer wrapping correctly. You are * strongly encouraged to use them * 1. Because people otherwise forget * 2. Because if the timer wrap changes in future you won't have to * alter your driver code. * julia -- 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/
