linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] rust: time: New module for timekeeping functions

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Date:   Fri, 14 Jul 2023 10:58:21 -0300
From:   Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@...il.com>
To:     Asahi Lina <lina@...hilina.net>, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>,
        Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>,
        Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>,
        John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
        Josh Stone <jistone@...hat.com>,
        Gaelan Steele <gbs@...ishe.com>,
        Heghedus Razvan <heghedus.razvan@...tonmail.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org,
        asahi@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] rust: time: New module for timekeeping functions

On 7/14/23 04:55, Asahi Lina wrote:
> This module is intended to contain functions related to kernel
> timekeeping and time.
> 
> Initially, this implements an abstraction for a time Instant (analogous
> to the Rust std::time::Instant) that represents an opaque instant in
> time. Unlike the std Instant, this is a generic type that is bound to a
> specific clock source, so that only Instants from the same clock source
> can be subtracted/compared.
> 
> Then we implement the relevant clocks available to the kernel:
> KernelTime (CLOCK_MONOTONIC), BootTime (CLOCK_BOOTTIME),
> RealTime (CLOCK_REALTIME), and TaiTime.
> 
> Co-developed-by: Heghedus Razvan <heghedus.razvan@...tonmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Asahi Lina <lina@...hilina.net>
> ---
> [...]

Reviewed-by: Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@...il.com>