linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] KVM: selftests: Simplify demand_paging_test with timespec_diff

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Message-ID: <CANgfPd8BDze5yeiyzdmdOV_p3as-KyqeoQuCT5UEAaUx6OMJ=A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 2 Nov 2020 14:59:28 -0800
From:   Ben Gardon <bgardon@...gle.com>
To:     Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, kvm <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Andrew Jones <drjones@...hat.com>,
        Peter Shier <pshier@...gle.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
        Thomas Huth <thuth@...hat.com>,
        Peter Feiner <pfeiner@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] KVM: selftests: Simplify demand_paging_test with timespec_diff_now

On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 1:27 PM Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 04:37:31PM -0700, Ben Gardon wrote:
> > Add a helper function to get the current time and return the time since
> > a given start time. Use that function to simplify the timekeeping in the
> > demand paging test.
>
> Nit: timespec_diff_now() sounds less charming than timespec_elapsed() to
> me... "diff_now" is longer, and it also does not show positive/negative of the
> results (which in this case should always be end-start). "elapsed" should
> always mean something positive.

That's a great suggestion and much clearer. I'll make that change in v2.

>
> With/Without the change above:
>
> Reviewed-by: Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
>
> --
> Peter Xu
>