linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/6] rust: time: Introduce Delta type

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Message-Id: <20241013.094829.1723074277269228254.fujita.tomonori@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2024 09:48:29 +0900 (JST)
From: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/6] rust: time: Introduce Delta type

On Sat, 12 Oct 2024 19:56:52 +0100
Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net> wrote:

>> I'll use u64 for all in v3; The range is to u64::MAX in nanoseconds
>> for all the from_* functions.
> 
> If you do, I'd recommend to call it `Duration` rather than `Delta`.
> `Delta` sounds to me that it can represent a negative delta, where
> `Duration` makes sense to be non-negative.
> 
> And it also makes sense that `kernel::time::Duration` is the replacement
> of `core::time::Duration`.

Ok, `Duration` also works for me. I had kinda impression that it's
better not to use `Duration`.