linux-kernel - [PATCH] gdm72xx: use time

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Date:	Sun, 25 May 2014 15:08:59 +0200
From:	Manuel Schölling <manuel.schoelling@....de>
To:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:	peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com, kristina.martsenko@...il.com,
	khoroshilov@...ras.ru, arnd@...db.de, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Manuel Schölling <manuel.schoelling@....de>
Subject: [PATCH] gdm72xx: use time_before()

To be future-proof and for better readability the time comparisons are
modified to use time_before() instead of plain, error-prone math.

Signed-off-by: Manuel Schölling <manuel.schoelling@....de>
---
 drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_usb.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_usb.c b/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_usb.c
index 20539d8..9ddf8f5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_usb.c
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ static int k_mode_thread(void *arg)
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&k_lock, flags2);
 
 			expire = jiffies + K_WAIT_TIME;
-			while (jiffies < expire)
+			while (time_before(jiffies, expire))
 				schedule_timeout(K_WAIT_TIME);
 
 			spin_lock_irqsave(&rx->lock, flags);
-- 
1.7.10.4

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