Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/juhl/trivial

[safe/jmp/linux-2.6] / include / linux / jiffies.h

diff --git a/include/linux/jiffies.h b/include/linux/jiffies.h
index 8f4aa72..33ef710 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/jiffies.h
+++ b/include/linux/jiffies.h
@@ -135,6 +135,22 @@ static inline u64 get_jiffies_64(void)
 #define time_before_eq64(a,b)  time_after_eq64(b,a)
 
 /*
+ * These four macros compare jiffies and 'a' for convenience.
+ */
+
+/* time_is_before_jiffies(a) return true if a is before jiffies */
+#define time_is_before_jiffies(a) time_after(jiffies, a)
+
+/* time_is_after_jiffies(a) return true if a is after jiffies */
+#define time_is_after_jiffies(a) time_before(jiffies, a)
+
+/* time_is_before_eq_jiffies(a) return true if a is before or equal to jiffies*/
+#define time_is_before_eq_jiffies(a) time_after_eq(jiffies, a)
+
+/* time_is_after_eq_jiffies(a) return true if a is after or equal to jiffies*/
+#define time_is_after_eq_jiffies(a) time_before_eq(jiffies, a)
+
+/*
  * Have the 32 bit jiffies value wrap 5 minutes after boot
  * so jiffies wrap bugs show up earlier.
  */