linux-kernel - Re: ktime_set() does not check for nanoseconds

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Message-ID: <5ff4a1e50809010633q6d69bcabtac734d2d8e2c6d88@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 1 Sep 2008 14:33:27 +0100
From:	"Matt Fleming" <mattjfleming@...glemail.com>
To:	"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ktime_set() does not check for nanoseconds > one second

2008/9/1 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>:
> On Mon, 1 Sep 2008, Matt Fleming wrote:
>
>> 2008/9/1 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>:
>> >
>> > Won't work with arbitrary numbers. i.e. >= 2* NSEC_PER_SEC. Looking at
>> > it, I'm even less convinced that it is a good idea.
>> >
>> >      tglx
>> >
>>
>> Do you have another suggestion? Or should I just account for the >= 1
>> sec case in the calling code?
>
> If you use runtime generated nsec values, why don't you use
> ktime_add_ns() and feed the nsec value into it ?
>

Hmm.. good point. I'll do it that way. Thanks for your help Thomas.
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