netdev - [net-next 01/15] e1000: fix time comparison

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Message-Id: <1421980631-1955-2-git-send-email-jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Date:	Thu, 22 Jan 2015 18:36:57 -0800
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	Asaf Vertz <asaf.vertz@...demg.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	nhorman@...hat.com, sassmann@...hat.com, jogreene@...hat.com,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: [net-next 01/15] e1000: fix time comparison

From: Asaf Vertz <asaf.vertz@...demg.com>

To be future-proof and for better readability the time comparisons are
modified to use time_after_eq() instead of plain, error-prone math.

Signed-off-by: Asaf Vertz <asaf.vertz@...demg.com>
Acked-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
Tested-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
index b691eb4..4270ad2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 /* ethtool support for e1000 */
 
 #include "e1000.h"
+#include <linux/jiffies.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 
 enum {NETDEV_STATS, E1000_STATS};
@@ -1460,7 +1461,7 @@ static int e1000_run_loopback_test(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 			ret_val = 13; /* ret_val is the same as mis-compare */
 			break;
 		}
-		if (jiffies >= (time + 2)) {
+		if (time_after_eq(jiffies, time + 2)) {
 			ret_val = 14; /* error code for time out error */
 			break;
 		}
-- 
1.9.3

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