2 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/jiffies.h b/include/linux/jiffies.h
index abb6ac639e8e..1a9cf78bfce5 100644
--- a/include/linux/jiffies.h
+++ b/include/linux/jiffies.h
@@ -115,10 +115,20 @@ static inline u64 get_jiffies_64(void)
          ((long)(a) - (long)(b) >= 0))
 #define time_before_eq(a,b)     time_after_eq(b,a)
 
+/*
+ * Calculate whether a is in the range of [b, c].
+ */
 #define time_in_range(a,b,c) \
         (time_after_eq(a,b) && \
          time_before_eq(a,c))
 
+/*
+ * Calculate whether a is in the range of [b, c).
+ */
+#define time_in_range_open(a,b,c) \
+        (time_after_eq(a,b) && \
+         time_before(a,c))
+
 /* Same as above, but does so with platform independent 64bit types.
  * These must be used when utilizing jiffies_64 (i.e. return value of
  * get_jiffies_64() */
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index b8d9c6dd4f63..db867b04ac3c 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -130,7 +130,10 @@ struct nfs_inode {
          *
          * We need to revalidate the cached attrs for this inode if
          *
-         *      jiffies - read_cache_jiffies > attrtimeo
+         *      jiffies - read_cache_jiffies >= attrtimeo
+         *
+         * Please note the comparison is greater than or equal
+         * so that zero timeout values can be specified.
          */
         unsigned long           read_cache_jiffies;
         unsigned long           attrtimeo;