From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> This commit converts the ULONG_CMP_GE() in rcu_initiate_boost() to time_after() to reflect the fact that it is comparing a timestamp to the jiffies counter. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h index 664d0aa..5cd27c2 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h @@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ static void rcu_initiate_boost(struct rcu_node *rnp, unsigned long flags) (rnp->gp_tasks != NULL && rnp->boost_tasks == NULL && rnp->qsmask == 0 && - (ULONG_CMP_GE(jiffies, rnp->boost_time) || rcu_state.cbovld))) { + (!time_after(rnp->boost_time, jiffies) || rcu_state.cbovld))) { if (rnp->exp_tasks == NULL) WRITE_ONCE(rnp->boost_tasks, rnp->gp_tasks); raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node(rnp, flags); -- 2.9.5