linux-kernel - bug in jiffy time comparison macros

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Date:	Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:29:41 -0700
From:	Ralph Campbell <ralph.campbell@...gic.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: bug in jiffy time comparison macros

It may just be me :-) but this looks like a bug:
In the current include/linux/jiffies.h:

#define time_before(a,b)        time_after(b,a)

Shouldn't this be:

#define time_before(a,b)        time_after_eq(b,a)

There are a number of similar macros which fail
to change before to after_eq, or before_eq to after,
etc.

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