linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] add time_now_after and other macros which compare with jiffies

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Message-ID: <a8e1da0803081654l50fdda44jbbed1d1ed2caf9ae@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 9 Mar 2008 08:54:02 +0800
From:	"Dave Young" <hidave.darkstar@...il.com>
To:	"Johannes Weiner" <hannes@...urebad.de>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] add time_now_after and other macros which compare with jiffies

On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 12:12 AM, Johannes Weiner <hannes@...urebad.de> wrote:
> Hi Dave, Andrew and all
>
>
>  Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@...il.com> writes:
>
>  > +/* time_now_after(a) return true if now (jiffies) is after a */
>  > +#define time_now_after(a) time_after(jiffies, a)
>  > +
>  > +/* time_now_before(a) return true if now (jiffies) is before a */
>  > +#define time_now_before(a) time_before(jiffies, a)
>  > +
>  > +/* time_now_after_eq(a) return true if now (jiffies) is after or equal to a */
>  > +#define time_now_after_eq(a) time_after_eq(jiffies, a)
>  > +
>  > +/* time_now_before_eq(a) return true if now (jiffies) is before or equal to a */
>  > +#define time_now_before_eq(a) time_before_eq(jiffies, a)
>
>  How about even more obvious names like time_is_past(), time_is_future(),
>  ...?

Thanks for comment.

Then how do we name the _eq version?  IMHO, the time_now_* is enough.

>
>  Sorry, I missed v1.  Should have proposed that earlier.
>
>         Hannes
>

Regards
dave
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