Hi Marcelo, > Someone has told me: > Well, as long as last_updated is set to jiffies + something at some > point, then using time_after() only is the correct solution. > > That's why the patches are correct? Yes, assuming "something" can be 0. The primary reason why I say these patches are good is because all other hardware monitoring drivers were recently modified the exact same way. I have queued your patches locally and will send them up to Greg KH once other pending patches have reached him. Thanks, -- Jean Delvare
