This patch (as897) changes the autosuspend timer code to use the
standard types and macros in dealing with jiffies values.

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

---

On Tue, 10 Apr 2007, Greg KH wrote:

> Ok, care to make a patch that clarifies this?  Also I really think the
> signed usage is wrong and will not properly handle the jiffies wrap
> around issue as the code is today.

Here it is.  This should answer all your objections.

Alan Stern



Index: usb-2.6/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
===================================================================
--- usb-2.6.orig/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
+++ usb-2.6/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ static int autosuspend_check(struct usb_
 {
        int                     i;
        struct usb_interface    *intf;
-       long                    suspend_time;
+       unsigned long           suspend_time;
 
        /* For autosuspend, fail fast if anything is in use or autosuspend
         * is disabled.  Also fail if any interfaces require remote wakeup
@@ -964,11 +964,18 @@ static int autosuspend_check(struct usb_
        /* If everything is okay but the device hasn't been idle for long
         * enough, queue a delayed autosuspend request.
         */
-       suspend_time -= jiffies;
-       if (suspend_time > 0) {
-               if (!timer_pending(&udev->autosuspend.timer))
+       if (time_after(suspend_time, jiffies)) {
+               if (!timer_pending(&udev->autosuspend.timer)) {
+
+                       /* The value of jiffies may change between the
+                        * time_after() comparison above and the subtraction
+                        * below.  That's okay; the system behaves sanely
+                        * when a timer is registered for the present moment
+                        * or for the past.
+                        */
                        queue_delayed_work(ksuspend_usb_wq, &udev->autosuspend,
-                                       suspend_time);
+                                       suspend_time - jiffies);
+                       }
                return -EAGAIN;
        }
        return 0;


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