netdev - Re: [PATCH v6] isdn: Use ktime_t instead of 'struct timeval'

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Date:	Sun, 01 Nov 2015 16:15:33 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ruchandani.tina@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, arnd@...db.de, isdn@...ux-pingi.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] isdn: Use ktime_t instead of 'struct timeval'

From: Tina Ruchandani <ruchandani.tina@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 21:08:16 -0700

> @@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ static u_int *debug;
>  static LIST_HEAD(iclock_list);
>  static DEFINE_RWLOCK(iclock_lock);
>  static u16 iclock_count;		/* counter of last clock */
> -static struct timeval iclock_tv;	/* time stamp of last clock */
> +static ktime_t iclock_tv;		/* time stamp of last clock */
>  static int iclock_tv_valid;		/* already received one timestamp */

It only makes sense for this variable to be named "iclock_tv" when
it is of type "timeval".  And therefore it is confusing to keep
using this variable name after changing it's type to "ktime_t".

Therefore please adjust the variable name appropriately, thanks.
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