Re: [PATCH 2.6.13] airo.c: remove delay in airo_get_scan

[Michal Schmidt <xschmi00@stud.feec.vutbr.cz>]

Bill Moss wrote:
> Remove 3 second delay in airo_get_scan. Testing shows this delay is unnecessary. Users of NetworkManager
> find this delay make NetworkManager slow to connect.
>
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/airo.c	2005-11-01 21:21:04.000000000 -0500
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/airo.c	2005-11-01 21:22:41.000000000 -0500
> @@ -6918,7 +6918,7 @@
>  	/* When we are associated again, the scan has surely finished.
>  	 * Just in case, let's make sure enough time has elapsed since
>  	 * we started the scan. - Javier */
> -	if(ai->scan_timestamp && time_before(jiffies,ai->scan_timestamp+3*HZ)) {
> +	if(ai->scan_timestamp && time_before(jiffies,ai->scan_timestamp)) {
>  		/* Important note : we don't want to block the caller
>  		 * until results are ready for various reasons.
>  		 * First, managing wait queues is complex and racy
>
> Signed-off-by: Bill Moss <bmoss@clemson.edu>

With this change, the time_before() test can't possibly succeed, can it? 
In that case, why not remove the if and its body completely?

Michal
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