From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> The functions time_before, time_before_eq, time_after, and time_after_eq are more robust for comparing jiffies against other values. A simplified version of the semantic patch making this change is as follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/) // <smpl> @ change_compare_np @ expression E; @@ ( - jiffies <= E + time_before_eq(jiffies,E) | - jiffies >= E + time_after_eq(jiffies,E) | - jiffies < E + time_before(jiffies,E) | - jiffies > E + time_after(jiffies,E) ) @ include depends on change_compare_np @ @@ #include <linux/jiffies.h> @ no_include depends on !include && change_compare_np @ @@ #include <linux/...> + #include <linux/jiffies.h> // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- diff -r -u -p a/drivers/char/ds1286.c b/drivers/char/ds1286.c --- a/drivers/char/ds1286.c 2007-06-02 22:32:10.000000000 +0200 +++ b/drivers/char/ds1286.c 2007-12-23 20:30:39.000000000 +0100 @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ #include <linux/spinlock.h> #include <linux/bcd.h> #include <linux/proc_fs.h> +#include <linux/jiffies.h> #include <asm/uaccess.h> #include <asm/system.h> @@ -451,7 +452,7 @@ static void ds1286_get_time(struct rtc_t */ if (ds1286_is_updating() != 0) - while (jiffies - uip_watchdog < 2*HZ/100) + while (time_before(jiffies, uip_watchdog + 2*HZ/100)) barrier(); /* - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html