linux-kernel - Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: compute wait

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Message-ID: <CALAqxLUYL91khoW=oLAp_FtPBrDnSazfYqVpkXYTBJsTjDsv+g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 3 Dec 2014 11:07:08 -0800
From:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
To:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>,
	Intel Graphics Development <intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
Subject: Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: compute wait_ioctl timeout correctly

On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 6:30 AM, Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 08:54:13AM -0800, John Stultz wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 8:35 AM, Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk> wrote:
>> > On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 04:36:22PM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote:
>> >> +static inline unsigned long nsecs_to_jiffies_timeout(const u64 m)
>> >> +{
>> >> +     u64 usecs = div_u64(m + 999, 1000);
>> >> +     unsigned long j = usecs_to_jiffies(usecs);
>> >> +
>> >> +     return min_t(unsigned long, MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET, j + 1);
>> >
>> > Or more concisely and review friendly:
>> >
>> > static inline unsigned long nsecs_to_jiffies_timeout(const u64 n)
>> > {
>> >         return min_t(u64, MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET, nsecs_to_jiffies64(n) + 1);
>> > }
>>
>> Yea. This looks much nicer. Seems generic enough it might be better
>> added next to nsec_to_jiffies64() in kernel/time/time.c or jiffies.h
>> rather then in a driver header.
>
> Ok, that needs an EXPORT_SYMBOL for nsecs_to_jiffies64. Can I count your
> "Yea" above as an ack for adding that and pulling it in through
> drm-intel.git?

Do you need an EXPORT_SYMBOL if you add the _timeout version next to
nsecs_to_jiffies64 in time.c?

Otherwise no objections to the approach, but I'd like to properly do
an Acked-by: after I see the patch. :)

thanks
-john
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