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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] staging: gdm72xx: use time_before()
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    On So, 2014-05-25 at 11:33 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
    > On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 08:24:33PM +0200, Manuel Schoelling wrote:
    > > On So, 2014-05-25 at 11:14 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
    > > > On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 03:08:59PM +0200, Manuel Schölling wrote:
    > > > > To be future-proof and for better readability the time comparisons are
    > > > > modified to use time_before() instead of plain, error-prone math.
    > > > >
    > > > > Signed-off-by: Manuel Schölling <manuel.schoelling@gmx.de>
    > > > > ---
    > > > > drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_usb.c | 2 +-
    > > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
    > > >
    > > > This patch doesn't apply, can you please refresh it against my latest
    > > > tree and resend?
    > > That's weird. I pulled the lastest master from Linus and rebased the
    > > patch, but no modification of my patch was required (latest commit
    > > before my patch to that file was
    > > 8943a92fc257c439ffe55fb0f9896be57c58c56b according to my repo).
    > >
    > > Maybe you have a more recent version than Linus?
    >
    >
    > I have a much different version from Linus, with a few thousand patches
    > added, otherwise how would I be able to queue up stuff to go to Linus
    > for the next kernel release? :)
    >
    > For the staging patches, either use the linux-next tree (which you
    > should use for all kernel development), or my staging.git tree, and the
    > staging-next branch on git.kernel.org, which is what gets pulled into
    > linux-next every week-day.
    >
    > If you have more questions about this, take a look at
    > Documentation/development-process/ it should explain how patches move
    > to Linus and why working against Linus's tree isn't going to get you
    > very far.
    Ok, thanks for your answer, Greg. I will use the linux-next tree and send you a new version of that patch today.

    Bye,

    Manuel

    > thanks,
    >
    > greg k-h


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