linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] HVSI: Fix apparently backwards args to time

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Date:	Sat, 02 Jan 2010 08:11:19 +1100
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
Cc:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...shcourse.ca>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] HVSI: Fix apparently backwards args to time_before()
 in hvsi.c

On Fri, 2010-01-01 at 19:15 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> On Friday 01 January 2010 06:28:03 pm Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@...shcourse.ca>
> > 
> > ---
> > 
> >   no appropriate subsystem maintainer listed in MAINTAINERS.
> 
> drivers/char/Makefile:
> obj-$(CONFIG_HVC_CONSOLE)       += hvc_vio.o hvsi.o
> 
> so it should belong to:
> 
> HYPERVISOR VIRTUAL CONSOLE DRIVER
> L:      linuxppc-dev@...abs.org
> S:      Odd Fixes
> F:      drivers/char/hvc_*
> 
> [ Though maybe Ben would be willing to pick this one up directly
>   as hvsi is PPC specific thingy and patch is obviously correct. ]

Sure, I'll pick that one up.

Cheers,
Ben.

> > diff --git a/drivers/char/hvsi.c b/drivers/char/hvsi.c
> > index 793b236..71c0fcd 100644
> > --- a/drivers/char/hvsi.c
> > +++ b/drivers/char/hvsi.c
> > @@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ static void hvsi_drain_input(struct hvsi_struct *hp)
> >  	uint8_t buf[HVSI_MAX_READ] __ALIGNED__;
> >  	unsigned long end_jiffies = jiffies + HVSI_TIMEOUT;
> > 
> > -	while (time_before(end_jiffies, jiffies))
> > +	while (time_before(jiffies, end_jiffies))
> >  		if (0 == hvsi_read(hp, buf, HVSI_MAX_READ))
> >  			break;
> >  }
> 
> --
> Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
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