linux-kernel - Re: time_is_after

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Message-ID: <jeabawccup.fsf@sykes.suse.de>
Date:	Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:18:54 +0100
From:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...e.de>
To:	ptb@....it.uc3m.es
Cc:	"Johannes Weiner" <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	"linux kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: time_is_after_jiffies misnomer

"Peter T. Breuer" <ptb@....it.uc3m.es> writes:

> Look at the two:
>
>    the current time is later than foo jiffies
>                  |   |  |           `/.
>                time_is_after_jiffies(foo)

It's not "foo jiffies", it's time "foo" vs time "jiffies" (where jiffies
is the well known global variable).

Andreas.

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