linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net/mac80211/: Use time

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Date:	Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:32:04 -0400
From:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
To:	S.Çağlar Onur <caglar@...dus.org.tr>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/mac80211/: Use time_* macros

On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 11:36:29AM +0200, S.Çağlar Onur wrote:
> The functions time_before, time_before_eq, time_after, and time_after_eq are more robust for comparing jiffies against other values.
> 
> So following patch implements usage of the time_after() macro, defined at linux/jiffies.h, which deals with wrapping correctly

These two patches are already queues for 2.6.26.

John
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