linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/4] time64.h: define PSEC_PER

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Date:   Mon, 27 Jun 2022 11:40:31 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
Cc:     Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Xiaoliang Yang <xiaoliang.yang_1@....com>,
        Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@....com>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        "UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com" <UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>,
        Vinicius Costa Gomes <vinicius.gomes@...el.com>,
        Maxim Kochetkov <fido_max@...ox.ru>,
        Colin Foster <colin.foster@...advantage.com>,
        Richie Pearn <richard.pearn@....com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/4] time64.h: define PSEC_PER_NSEC and use it
 in tc-taprio

On Mon, 27 Jun 2022 10:06:15 +0000 Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> > I do not have a strong opinion on where to put it. But I think that if you put a
> > section above TIME64_MAX should work.  
> 
> @networking people: do you mind if in v2 I move this patch to the end,
> hardcode 1000 in the current DSA patch 4/4, and then replace it afterwards
> with PSEC_PER_NSEC, together with tc-taprio? I'd like to leave the code
> in a clean state, but remember this is also a patch that fixes a
> functional issue, even if on net-next, so one dependency less can't
> hurt, for those who'll want to backport.

Makes sense.