Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH] batman-adv: Move is_out_of_time() to main.c for general use

[Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>]

On Friday, December 02, 2011 22:37:31 Martin Hundebøll wrote:
> Both translation tables and network coding use timeouts to do house
> keeping, so we might as well share the function used to compare a
> timestamp+timeout with current time.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Martin Hundebøll <martin@hundeboll.net>
> ---
>  main.c              |    5 +++++
>  main.h              |    1 +
>  translation-table.c |    8 --------
>  3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
> index 71b56cf..0930bb4 100644
> --- a/main.c
> +++ b/main.c
> @@ -172,6 +172,11 @@ int is_my_mac(const uint8_t *addr)
>         return 0;
>  }
>  
> +bool is_out_of_time(unsigned long timestamp, unsigned long timeout)
> +{
> +       return time_is_before_jiffies(timestamp +
> msecs_to_jiffies(timeout)); 
> +}

Since it is a simple one-liner you could make it a define or at least static 
inline (in main.h).

How about a more descriptive name like "reached_timeout()" or 
"has_timed_out()" ? We could use it in other parts of the code too.

You might also want to add a few words about the fact that you did not only 
move the function but also changed time_after() to time_is_before_jiffies() at 
the same time.

Regards,
Marek