Re: [patch] time_after_eq fix

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Coywolf Qi Hunt wrote:
Hello,

The two macros time_after and time_after_eq were added to do wrapping
correctly, but only time_after does it the right way, time_after_eq has
been wrong since the very beginning(v2.1.127, 07-Nov-1998).  Now this
patch fixes it.

I may be especially dense today, but could you give an example where your change actually gives a result different from what exists?

george
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And I don't agree with the the original code comment. I don't think this
is gcc's fault.  If it is "a good compiler" or "a really good compiler",
trying to be smarter than human, it wouldn't still be a C compiler.
So I'd like it be removed.

Signed-off-by: Coywolf Qi Hunt <[email protected]>
---

 jiffies.h |    6 ++----
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff -pruN 2.6.12-rc4-mm2/include/linux/jiffies.h 2.6.12-rc4-mm2-cy/include/linux/jiffies.h
--- 2.6.12-rc4-mm2/include/linux/jiffies.h	2005-03-03 17:12:13.000000000 +0800
+++ 2.6.12-rc4-mm2-cy/include/linux/jiffies.h	2005-05-19 05:32:52.000000000 +0800
@@ -102,9 +102,7 @@ static inline u64 get_jiffies_64(void)
  *
  * time_after(a,b) returns true if the time a is after time b.
  *
- * Do this with "<0" and ">=0" to only test the sign of the result. A
- * good compiler would generate better code (and a really good compiler
- * wouldn't care). Gcc is currently neither.
+ * Do this with "<0" and "<=0" to only test the sign of the result.
  */
 #define time_after(a,b)		\
 	(typecheck(unsigned long, a) && \
@@ -115,7 +113,7 @@ static inline u64 get_jiffies_64(void)
 #define time_after_eq(a,b)	\
 	(typecheck(unsigned long, a) && \
 	 typecheck(unsigned long, b) && \
-	 ((long)(a) - (long)(b) >= 0))
+	 ((long)(b) - (long)(a) <= 0))
 #define time_before_eq(a,b)	time_after_eq(b,a)
/*
-
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