On Mon 2007-12-24 15:16:46, Julia Lawall wrote:
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> From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
> 
> 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 semantic patch making this change is as follows:
> (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/)
> 
> // <smpl>
> @ change_compare_np @
> expression E;
> @@
> 
> (
> - jiffies <= E
> + time_before_eq(jiffies,E)
> |
> - jiffies >= E
> + time_after_eq(jiffies,E)
> |
> - jiffies < E
> + time_before(jiffies,E)
> |
> - jiffies > E
> + time_after(jiffies,E)
> )

Maybe you should create new macro so that you don't have to pass the
jiffies all the time?

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>  	if (!test_thread_flag (TIF_UAC_NOPRINT)) {
> -		if (cnt >= 5 && jiffies - last_time > 5*HZ) {
> +		if (cnt >= 5 && time_after(jiffies, last_time + 5*HZ)) {

			     && time_after_now(last_time + 5*HZ)

or something?
									Pavel
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