netdev - Re: [PATCH]:Replace with time_before in net/ipv4/ipip.c

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Date:	Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:19:38 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	shani.moideen@...ro.com
Cc:	kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, pekkas@...core.fi, jmorris@...ei.org,
	yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, kaber@...eworks.de,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...ts.osdl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH]:Replace with time_before in net/ipv4/ipip.c

From: Shani Moideen <shani.moideen@...ro.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:30:13 +0530

> Replacing (jiffies - errtime < TIMEOUT) with time_before in net/ipv4/ipip.c
> 
> thanks.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shani Moideen <shani.moideen@...ro.com>

The test you are replacing actually gives a larger window
of acceptance than time_before() does.

It's been a long standing issue whether we should give up
this semantic advantage for the sake of code cleanliness
in the networking code.

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