Re: [PATCH] slip.c jiffies cleanup

From: Tim Schmielau (tim@physik3.uni-rostock.de)
Date: Tue Nov 06 2001 - 17:56:20 EST


On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, Tim Schmielau wrote:

> --- ../linux-2.4.14-pre6/drivers/net/slip.c Sun Sep 30 21:26:07 2001
> +++ drivers/net/slip.c Tue Nov 6 19:56:48 2001
[...]

> @@ -1412,7 +1412,7 @@
> spin_unlock(&slc->ctrl.lock);
> }
> local_bh_enable();
> - } while (busy && jiffies - start < 1*HZ);
> + } while (busy && time_before(jiffies, timeout);
>
> busy = 0;
> for (i = 0; i < slip_maxdev; i++) {
>

Sorry all, I screwed up.
While I did compile before sending the patch,
somehow I must have missed the error message.
Patch must be

> - } while (busy && jiffies - start < 1*HZ);
> + } while (busy && time_before(jiffies, timeout));

New patch appended.

Tim

--- ../linux-2.4.14-pre6/drivers/net/slip.c Sun Sep 30 21:26:07 2001
+++ drivers/net/slip.c Tue Nov 6 19:56:48 2001
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@
                  * 14 Oct 1994 Dmitry Gorodchanin.
                  */
 #ifdef SL_CHECK_TRANSMIT
- if (jiffies - dev->trans_start < 20 * HZ) {
+ if (time_before(jiffies, dev->trans_start + 20 * HZ)) {
                         /* 20 sec timeout not reached */
                         goto out;
                 }
@@ -1387,7 +1387,7 @@
         int i;

         if (slip_ctrls != NULL) {
- unsigned long start = jiffies;
+ unsigned long timeout = jiffies + HZ;
                 int busy = 0;

                 /* First of all: check for active disciplines and hangup them.
@@ -1412,7 +1412,7 @@
                                 spin_unlock(&slc->ctrl.lock);
                         }
                         local_bh_enable();
- } while (busy && jiffies - start < 1*HZ);
+ } while (busy && time_before(jiffies, timeout));

                 busy = 0;
                 for (i = 0; i < slip_maxdev; i++) {

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