linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/6] KEYS: Add garbage collection for dead, revoked and expired keys. [ver #2]

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Message-ID: <28655.1249465244@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:40:44 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, torvalds@...l.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	serue@...ibm.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] KEYS: Add garbage collection for dead, revoked and expired keys. [ver #2]

James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org> wrote:

> > +	if (now >= gc_at) {
> 
> Should you be using time_after() and friends for these comparisons?

Ummm...  Possibly.  Isn't time_after() normally used for jiffies comparisons?

David
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