linux-kernel - [PATCH net-next 1/2] timer: add fsleep for flexible sleeping

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Date:   Fri, 1 May 2020 23:27:21 +0200
From:   Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next 1/2] timer: add fsleep for flexible sleeping

Sleeping for a certain amount of time requires use of different
functions, depending on the time period.
Documentation/timers/timers-howto.rst explains when to use which
function, and also checkpatch checks for some potentially
problematic cases.

So let's create a helper that automatically chooses the appropriate
sleep function -> fsleep(), for flexible sleeping

If the delay is a constant, then the compiler should be able to ensure
that the new helper doesn't create overhead. If the delay is not
constant, then the new helper can save some code.

Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
---
 Documentation/timers/timers-howto.rst |  3 +++
 include/linux/delay.h                 | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/timers/timers-howto.rst b/Documentation/timers/timers-howto.rst
index 7e3167bec..afb0a43b8 100644
--- a/Documentation/timers/timers-howto.rst
+++ b/Documentation/timers/timers-howto.rst
@@ -110,3 +110,6 @@ NON-ATOMIC CONTEXT:
 			short, the difference is whether the sleep can be ended
 			early by a signal. In general, just use msleep unless
 			you know you have a need for the interruptible variant.
+
+	FLEXIBLE SLEEPING (any delay, uninterruptible)
+		* Use fsleep
diff --git a/include/linux/delay.h b/include/linux/delay.h
index 8e6828094..cb1d508ca 100644
--- a/include/linux/delay.h
+++ b/include/linux/delay.h
@@ -65,4 +65,15 @@ static inline void ssleep(unsigned int seconds)
 	msleep(seconds * 1000);
 }
 
+/* see Documentation/timers/timers-howto.rst for the thresholds */
+static inline void fsleep(unsigned long usecs)
+{
+	if (usecs <= 10)
+		udelay(usecs);
+	else if (usecs <= 20000)
+		usleep_range(usecs, 2 * usecs);
+	else
+		msleep(DIV_ROUND_UP(usecs, 1000));
+}
+
 #endif /* defined(_LINUX_DELAY_H) */
-- 
2.26.2