linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] mtd: use 'time_left' instead of 'timeout' with wait

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Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2024 09:43:59 +0200
From: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
To: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, Richard
 Weinberger <richard@....at>, Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] mtd: use 'time_left' instead of 'timeout' with
 wait_*() functions

Hi Wolfram,

wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com wrote on Tue,  4 Jun 2024 23:29:19
+0200:

> There is a confusing pattern in the kernel to use a variable named 'timeout' to
> store the result of wait_*() functions causing patterns like:
> 
>         timeout = wait_for_completion_timeout(...)
>         if (!timeout) return -ETIMEDOUT;
> 
> with all kinds of permutations. Use 'time_left' as a variable to make the code
> obvious and self explaining.

Good idea. The waiting functions are generally confusing because the
semantics of the return values are different, so this is a good first
step, I'll take them through mtd-next soon.

Thanks,
Miquèl