linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.19-rc1-mm1] Export jiffies_to

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Message-ID: <452D4A7E.20709@goop.org>
Date:	Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:48:14 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.19-rc1-mm1] Export jiffies_to_timespec()

Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 05:36:54PM -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
>   
>> Export jiffies_to_timespec; previously modules used the inlined header 
>> version.
>>     
>
> NACK, drivers shouldn know about these timekeeping details and no
> in-tree driver uses it (fortunately)
>   

timespec_to_jiffies *is* exported, so it would seem to be a symmetry 
issue if nothing else.

    J

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