The functions time_before, time_before_eq, time_after, and time_after_eq are more robust for comparing jiffies against other values.
So following patch implements usage of the time_after() macro, defined at linux/jiffies.h, which deals with wrapping correctly
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: S.Çağlar Onur <caglar@pardus.org.tr>
---
fs/binfmt_aout.c | 7 ++++---
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_aout.c b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
index a1bb224..72757fe 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_aout.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/jiffies.h>
#include <linux/time.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
@@ -374,14 +375,14 @@ static int load_aout_binary(struct linux_binprm * bprm, struct pt_regs * regs)
} else {
static unsigned long error_time, error_time2;
if ((ex.a_text & 0xfff || ex.a_data & 0xfff) &&
- (N_MAGIC(ex) != NMAGIC) && (jiffies-error_time2) > 5*HZ)
+ (N_MAGIC(ex) != NMAGIC) && time_after(jiffies, error_time2 + 5 * HZ))
{
printk(KERN_NOTICE "executable not page aligned\n");
error_time2 = jiffies;
}
if ((fd_offset & ~PAGE_MASK) != 0 &&
- (jiffies-error_time) > 5*HZ)
+ time_after(jiffies, error_time + 5 * HZ))
{
printk(KERN_WARNING
"fd_offset is not page aligned. Please convert program: %s\n",
@@ -498,7 +499,7 @@ static int load_aout_library(struct file *file)
static unsigned long error_time;
loff_t pos = N_TXTOFF(ex);
- if ((jiffies-error_time) > 5*HZ)
+ if (time_after(jiffies ,error_time + 5 * HZ))
{
printk(KERN_WARNING
"N_TXTOFF is not page aligned. Please convert library: %s\n",
--
1.5.3.7
--
