linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] net: tcp: Fix a PTO timing granularity issue

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Message-ID: <063D6719AE5E284EB5DD2968C1650D6D1CB4175B@AcuExch.aculab.com>
Date:	Thu, 28 May 2015 08:55:35 +0000
From:	David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:	'Ido Yariv' <ido@...ery.com>, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
CC:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	"Nandita Dukkipati" <nanditad@...gle.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ido Yariv <idox.yariv@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] net: tcp: Fix a PTO timing granularity issue

From: Ido Yariv
> Sent: 28 May 2015 05:37
...
> +/* Convert msecs to jiffies, ensuring that the return value is at least 2
> + * jiffies.
> + * This can be used when setting tick-based timers to guarantee that they won't
> + * expire right away.
> + */
> +static inline unsigned long tcp_safe_msecs_to_jiffies(const unsigned int m)

I don't like using 'safe' in function names, being 'safe; depends on what
the caller wants.
Maybe tcp_msecs_to_jiffies_min_2() would be better.

	David

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