1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>ktime_compare</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Linux Device Drivers"><link rel="up" href="ch01s05.html" title="High-resolution timers"><link rel="prev" href="API-ktime-equal.html" title="ktime_equal"><link rel="next" href="API-ktime-after.html" title="ktime_after"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center"><span class="phrase">ktime_compare</span></th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="API-ktime-equal.html">Prev</a>&#160;</td><th width="60%" align="center">High-resolution timers</th><td width="20%" align="right">&#160;<a accesskey="n" href="API-ktime-after.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry"><a name="API-ktime-compare"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>ktime_compare &#8212; 
2     Compares two ktime_t variables for less, greater or equal
3 </p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <b class="fsfunc">ktime_compare </b>(</code></td><td>const ktime_t <var class="pdparam">cmp1</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>const ktime_t <var class="pdparam">cmp2</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer">&#160;</div></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1107501124"></a><h2>Arguments</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cmp1</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
4     comparable1
5    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cmp2</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
6     comparable2
7    </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1107503604"></a><h2>Return</h2><p>
8   ...
9   cmp1  &lt; cmp2: return &lt;0
10   cmp1 == cmp2: return 0
11   cmp1  &gt; cmp2: return &gt;0
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