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Date:	Mon, 08 Jun 2015 15:54:25 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	hofrat@...dl.org
Cc:	3chas3@...il.com, linux-atm-general@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] atm: use msecs_to_jiffies for conversions

From: Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@...dl.org>
Date: Mon,  8 Jun 2015 21:16:28 +0200

> API compliance scanning with coccinelle flagged:
> ./drivers/atm/iphase.c:2621:4-20:
>         WARNING: timeout (50) seems HZ dependent
> 
> Numeric constants passed to schedule_timeout() make the effective
> timeout HZ dependent which does not seem intended.
> Fixed up by converting the constant to jiffies with msecs_to_jiffies()
> As this driver was introduced in the early 2.3 series it is most 
> likely assuming HZ=100 so the constant 50 is converted to 500ms.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@...dl.org>

Applied, thanks.
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