Re: backwards busy wait using "time_before()"??

[Andi Kleen]

"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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

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