linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] msi3103: Use time_before

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Date:	Sat, 24 May 2014 12:10:48 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Manuel Schölling <manuel.schoelling@....de>
Cc:	crope@....fi, m.chehab@...sung.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	linux-media@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] msi3103: Use time_before_eq()

On Sat, 2014-05-24 at 20:47 +0200, Manuel Schölling wrote:
> To be future-proof and for better readability the time comparisons are
> modified to use time_before_eq() instead of plain, error-prone math.

A couple of unrelated, trivial notes: (repeated a few times)

> diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/msi3101/sdr-msi3101.c b/drivers/staging/media/msi3101/sdr-msi3101.c
[]
> @@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static int msi3101_convert_stream_504(struct msi3101_state *s, u8 *dst,
>  	}
>  
>  	/* calculate samping rate and output it in 10 seconds intervals */

s/samping/sampling/

> -	if ((s->jiffies_next + msecs_to_jiffies(10000)) <= jiffies) {
> +	if (time_before_eq(s->jiffies_next + 10 * HZ, jiffies)) {
>  		unsigned long jiffies_now = jiffies;
>  		unsigned long msecs = jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies_now) - jiffies_to_msecs(s->jiffies_next);

Perhaps better to subtract then convert
instead of convert twice then subtract.


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