linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] epoll: add nsec timeout support with epoll

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Date:   Wed, 18 Nov 2020 15:00:41 +0000
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        soheil.kdev@...il.com, arnd@...db.de, shuochen@...gle.com,
        linux-man@...r.kernel.org, Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] epoll: add nsec timeout support with epoll_pwait2

On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 09:46:15AM -0500, Willem de Bruijn wrote:
> -static inline struct timespec64 ep_set_mstimeout(long ms)
> +static inline struct timespec64 ep_set_nstimeout(s64 timeout)
>  {
> -	struct timespec64 now, ts = {
> -		.tv_sec = ms / MSEC_PER_SEC,
> -		.tv_nsec = NSEC_PER_MSEC * (ms % MSEC_PER_SEC),
> -	};
> +	struct timespec64 now, ts;
>  
> +	ts = ns_to_timespec64(timeout);
>  	ktime_get_ts64(&now);
>  	return timespec64_add_safe(now, ts);
>  }

Why do you pass around an s64 for timeout, converting it to and from
a timespec64 instead of passing around a timespec64?