[PATCH v3] Add time_is_after_jiffies and others which compare with jiffies

[Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com>]

Most of time_after like macros usages just compare jiffies and
another number, so here add some time_is_* macros for convenience.

Signed-off-by: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com>

---
include/linux/jiffies.h |   16 ++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff -upr linux/include/linux/jiffies.h linux.new/include/linux/jiffies.h
--- linux/include/linux/jiffies.h	2008-03-07 10:40:04.000000000 +0800
+++ linux.new/include/linux/jiffies.h	2008-03-10 09:11:36.000000000 +0800
@@ -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.
  */