Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933178AbYCGJ3k (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Mar 2008 04:29:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1765550AbYCGJWs (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Mar 2008 04:22:48 -0500 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:48998 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1765499AbYCGJWq (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Mar 2008 04:22:46 -0500 Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 01:22:44 -0800 From: Andrew Morton To: "Dave Young" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] add time_after_now and other macros which compare with jiffies Message-Id: <20080307012244.ed7625ec.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: References: <20080307030901.GA4375@darkstar.te-china.tietoenator.com> <20080307010228.de6700b5.akpm@linux-foundation.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.3.1 (GTK+ 2.10.11; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 605 Lines: 14 On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 17:12:29 +0800 "Dave Young" wrote: > Indeed, I will add proper comment before them. Sob. Of the 809 usages of time_after(), it appears that over 700 are comparing with jiffies. So with your (good) change, someone will get buried in well-meaning convert-to-time_after_now patches. I wonder who that might be? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/