From: S.Caglar Onur The functions time_before, time_before_eq, time_after, and time_after_eq are more robust for comparing jiffies against other values. So implement usage of the time_after() macro, defined in linux/jiffies.h, which deals with wrapping correctly Signed-off-by: S.Caglar Onur Cc: Richard Henderson Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- arch/alpha/kernel/traps.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN arch/alpha/kernel/traps.c~arch-alpha-kernel-trapsc-use-time_-macros arch/alpha/kernel/traps.c --- a/arch/alpha/kernel/traps.c~arch-alpha-kernel-trapsc-use-time_-macros +++ a/arch/alpha/kernel/traps.c @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ * This file initializes the trap entry points */ +#include #include #include #include @@ -781,7 +782,7 @@ do_entUnaUser(void __user * va, unsigned with the unaliged access. */ if (!test_thread_flag (TIF_UAC_NOPRINT)) { - if (cnt >= 5 && jiffies - last_time > 5*HZ) { + if (cnt >= 5 && time_after(jiffies, last_time + 5 * HZ)) { cnt = 0; } if (++cnt < 5) { _