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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: backwards busy wait using "time_before()"??
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:17:07 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tyv57t3g.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0912311136560.3596@localhost> (Robert P. J. Day's message of "Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:40:42 -0500 (EST)")

"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> writes:

>                 cpu_relax();                                            \
>         } while (time_before(end_jiffies, jiffies));                    \
>         succeeded;                                                      \
>         })
>
>
>   is it just me, or do those arguments to time_before() look
> backwards?

Yes it looks backwards. The timeout path probably has been never
tested.

-Andi

-- 
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.

      parent reply	other threads:[~2010-01-01 15:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-12-31 16:40 backwards busy wait using "time_before()"?? Robert P. J. Day
2009-12-31 19:23 ` Robert P. J. Day
2010-01-01 15:17 ` Andi Kleen [this message]

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