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Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:38:25 +0100 From: Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz> To: "Peter T. Breuer" <ptb@....it.uc3m.es> Cc: linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: time_is_after_jiffies misnomer On Tue 2008-12-16 12:31:41, Peter T. Breuer wrote: > > I thought at first that > > time_is_after_jiffies(foo) > > meant that the current time is later than foo jiffies. In fact, it's > the reverse! (as far as I can tell! 2.6.26-11). > > Can we change this name or provide an alternative? Perhaps > > jiffies_is_later_than(foo) > > ?? Yes, it is confusing and yes, it should be fixed. Probably by introducing better names and switching callers to them. -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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