linux-kernel - Re: [greybus-dev] [PATCH 2/2] staging: greybus/loopback: use ktime

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Date:   Fri, 3 Nov 2017 09:29:00 +0530
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Bryan O'Donoghue <pure.logic@...us-software.ie>,
        Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>, Alex Elder <elder@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Arushi Singhal <arushisinghal19971997@...il.com>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        Abdul Rauf <abdulraufmujahid@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, greybus-dev@...ts.linaro.org,
        Gioh Kim <gi-oh.kim@...fitbricks.com>
Subject: Re: [greybus-dev] [PATCH 2/2] staging: greybus/loopback: use
 ktime_get() for time intervals

On 02-11-17, 15:32, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> This driver is the only one using the deprecated timeval_to_ns()
> helper. Changing it from do_gettimeofday() to ktime_get() makes
> the code more efficient, more robust against concurrent
> settimeofday(), more accurate and lets us get rid of that helper
> in the future.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++----------------------
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>

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viresh