netdev - Re: [PATCH V4 net-next 1/3] tcp: convert icsk_user

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Date:   Thu, 19 Jul 2018 06:33:17 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Jon Maxwell <jmaxwell37@...il.com>, davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     edumazet@...gle.com, ncardwell@...gle.com, David.Laight@...lab.com,
        kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        jmaxwell@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 net-next 1/3] tcp: convert icsk_user_timeout from
 jiffies to msecs



On 07/18/2018 06:14 PM, Jon Maxwell wrote:
> This is a preparatory commit. Part of this series that improves the
> socket TCP_USER_TIMEOUT option accuracy. Implement Eric Dumazets idea
> to convert icsk->icsk_user_timeout from jiffies to msecs. To eliminate
> the msecs_to_jiffies() and jiffies_to_msecs() dance in future.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jon Maxwell <jmaxwell37@...il.com>

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>