linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/16] Converge on using secs_to

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Message-Id: <20250128161643.289d9fe705ef2fdba0b82a52@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 16:16:43 -0800
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Easwar Hariharan <eahariha@...ux.microsoft.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/16] Converge on using secs_to_jiffies() part two

On Tue, 28 Jan 2025 18:21:45 +0000 Easwar Hariharan <eahariha@...ux.microsoft.com> wrote:

> This is the second series (part 1*) that converts users of msecs_to_jiffies() that
> either use the multiply pattern of either of:
> - msecs_to_jiffies(N*1000) or
> - msecs_to_jiffies(N*MSEC_PER_SEC)
> 
> where N is a constant or an expression, to avoid the multiplication.
> 
> The conversion is made with Coccinelle with the secs_to_jiffies() script
> in scripts/coccinelle/misc. Attention is paid to what the best change
> can be rather than restricting to what the tool provides.
> 
> Andrew has kindly agreed to take the series through mm.git modulo the
> patches maintainers want to pick through their own trees.

I added patches 2-16 to mm.git.  If any of these later get merged into
a subsystem tree, Stephen will tell us and I'll drop the mm.git copy.