The patch titled arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/pci.c: use time_* macros has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is arch-powerpc-platforms-iseries-pcic-use-time_-macros.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/pci.c: use time_* macros From: S.Caglar Onur <caglar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The functions time_before, time_before_eq, time_after, and time_after_eq are more robust for comparing jiffies against other values. So use the time_after() macro, defined in linux/jiffies.h, which deals with wrapping correctly. Signed-off-by: S.Caglar Onur <caglar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/pci.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/pci.c~arch-powerpc-platforms-iseries-pcic-use-time_-macros arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/pci.c --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/pci.c~arch-powerpc-platforms-iseries-pcic-use-time_-macros +++ a/arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/pci.c @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ #undef DEBUG +#include <linux/jiffies.h> #include <linux/kernel.h> #include <linux/list.h> #include <linux/string.h> @@ -586,7 +587,7 @@ static inline struct device_node *xlate_ static unsigned long last_jiffies; static int num_printed; - if ((jiffies - last_jiffies) > 60 * HZ) { + if (time_after(jiffies, last_jiffies + 60 * HZ)) { last_jiffies = jiffies; num_printed = 0; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from caglar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are arch-alpha-kernel-trapsc-use-time_-macros.patch arch-ia64-kernel-use-time_-macros.patch arch-ia64-kernel-use-time_-macros-checkpatch-fixes.patch arch-parisc-kernel-unalignedc-use-time_-macros.patch arch-parisc-kernel-unalignedc-use-time_-macros-checkpatch-fixes.patch arch-powerpc-platforms-iseries-pcic-use-time_-macros.patch drivers-net-arcnet-arcnetc-use-time_-macros.patch drivers-net-tokenring-3c359c-use-time_-macros.patch drivers-net-wireless-atmelc-use-time_-macros.patch fs-binfmt_aoutc-use-printk_ratelimit.patch fix-indentation.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html