linux-kernel - Re: time_after

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Message-ID: <8b67d60709111515m5b45c57emef5cc2f74795ed7a@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:15:01 +0100
From:	"Adrian McMenamin" <lkmladrian@...il.com>
To:	"Rene Herman" <rene.herman@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxsh-dev@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	"Paul Mundt" <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
Subject: Re: time_after - what on earth???

On 11/09/2007, Rene Herman <rene.herman@...il.com> wrote:
> On 09/12/2007 12:05 AM, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
>
> > OK, why does this line occasionally return true:
> >
> >       if ((maple_dev->interval > 0) && (jiffies >maple_dev->when))
> >
> > while this one never does (no other changes made):
> >
> > if  ((maple_dev->interval > 0) && (time_after(jiffies, maple_dev->when)))
>
> Is maple_dev->when an unsigned long?
>
Yes. Does that make a difference?
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