linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Provide u64 version of jiffies_to

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Date:	Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:13:49 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Jonathan Lim <jlim@....com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jlan@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Provide u64 version of jiffies_to_usecs() in kernel/tsacct.c

Jonathan Lim wrote:
> 
> Peter,
> 
> Would you be willing to include the u64 function as part of your patch to make
> it available kernel-wide?  It just needs:
> 
>   u64 inline jiffies_to_usecs_u64(const u64 j)
> 
> and for the symbol to be exported.  Thanks.
> 

It should be a separate patch (new functionality versus change of 
implementation); I'd just do a small patch on top of mine.

	-hpa
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