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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/time.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/time.h | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/time.h b/include/linux/time.h index 4abb32d4c6b8..3877136bbdf8 100644 --- a/include/linux/time.h +++ b/include/linux/time.h @@ -285,4 +285,19 @@ static inline bool itimerspec64_valid(const struct itimerspec64 *its) return true; } +/** + * time_after32 - compare two 32-bit relative times + * @a: the time which may be after @b + * @b: the time which may be before @a + * + * time_after32(a, b) returns true if the time @a is after time @b. + * time_before32(b, a) returns true if the time @b is before time @a. + * + * Similar to time_after(), compare two 32-bit timestamps for relative + * times. This is useful for comparing 32-bit seconds values that can't + * be converted to 64-bit values (e.g. due to disk format or wire protocol + * issues) when it is known that the times are less than 68 years apart. + */ +#define time_after32(a, b) ((s32)((u32)(b) - (u32)(a)) < 0) +#define time_before32(b, a) time_after32(a, b) #endif |