Re: [PATCH 2.6.11-rc2 11/29] ide: add ide_drive_t.sleeping

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz]

On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 12:37:10 +0100, Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 03 2005, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 11:54:48 +0900, Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > 11_ide_drive_sleeping_fix.patch
> > > >
> > > >       ide_drive_t.sleeping field added.  0 in sleep field used to
> > > >       indicate inactive sleeping but because 0 is a valid jiffy
> > > >       value, though slim, there's a chance that something can go
> > > >       weird.  And while at it, explicit jiffy comparisons are
> > > >       converted to use time_{after|before} macros.
> >
> > Same question as for "add ide_hwgroup_t.polling" patch.
> > AFAICS drive->sleep is either '0' or 'timeout + jiffies' (always > 0)
> 
> Hmm, what if jiffies + timeout == 0?

Hm, jiffies is unsigned and timeout is always > 0
but this is still possible if jiffies + timeout wraps, right?
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