netdev - Re: [PATCH] af_decnet: Use time_after

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Date:	Fri, 22 Aug 2014 12:29:00 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	himangi774@...il.com
Cc:	linux-decnet-user@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, julia.lawall@...6.fr
Subject: Re: [PATCH] af_decnet: Use time_after_eq

From: Himangi Saraogi <himangi774@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 23:24:40 +0530

> The functions time_before, time_before_eq, time_after, and time_after_eq
> are more robust for comparing jiffies against other values.
> 
> A simplified version of the Coccinelle semantic patch making this change
> is as follows:
> 
> @change@
> expression E1,E2,E3;
> @@
> - jiffies - E1 >= (E2*E3)
> + time_after_eq(jiffies, E1+E2*E3)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Himangi Saraogi <himangi774@...il.com>
> Acked-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>

Applied.
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