The advantages are simpler code, and uniform initialisation of expires and hr_expires variables.
-- KeirReplace a fix for a comparison overflow in next_timer_interrupt() with a simpler alternative. We can be sure that the interesting range of timer values around jiffies is safe to compare with jiffies+(LONG_MAX>>1), unlike jiffies+MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET.
Signed-off-by: Keir Fraser <keir@xensource.com>
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