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Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 02:16:41 +0100 From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...aro.org> To: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com> Cc: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...aro.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.com>, tglx@...utronix.de Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] ptp/clcok:Introduce the setktime/getktime interfaces with "ktime_t" type On Friday 20 March 2015, Richard Cochran wrote: > Instead of changing to ktime_t, just use timespec64 instead. That > way, each change will be a couple of lines per file. This was the first idea, but it seems a bit silly when all the drivers use a 64-bit nanosecond value just like ktime_t. While both of the current users require a timespec at the moment, it's possible that there would one day be a third user that actually can make sense of a ktime_t, and then we'd avoid the expensive back-and-forth conversion. For now, using ktime_t in the interface merely simplifies the drivers by moving the conversion into the subsystem, but it is not any more or less efficient than the previous method. > > I do agree however that we should merge the entire series at once so > > we end up with a reasonable state afterwards, and we only need the conditional > > in order to have a bisectable git history. > > It is still bisectable with one or two patches. Of course, but it would be rather bad style. Arnd -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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