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Date: Wed, 06 May 2020 17:04:06 -0700 (PDT) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: hkallweit1@...il.com Cc: tglx@...utronix.de, corbet@....net, nic_swsd@...ltek.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] timer: add fsleep for flexible sleeping From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com> Date: Fri, 1 May 2020 23:26:21 +0200 > Sleeping for a certain amount of time requires use of different > functions, depending on the time period. > Documentation/timers/timers-howto.rst explains when to use which > function, and also checkpatch checks for some potentially > problematic cases. > > So let's create a helper that automatically chooses the appropriate > sleep function -> fsleep(), for flexible sleeping > Not sure why such a helper doesn't exist yet, or where the pitfall is, > because it's a quite obvious idea. > > If the delay is a constant, then the compiler should be able to ensure > that the new helper doesn't create overhead. If the delay is not > constant, then the new helper can save some code. > > First user is the r8169 network driver. If nothing speaks against it, > then this series could go through the netdev tree. I haven't seen any objections voiced over the new fsleep helper, so I've applied this series to net-next. Thank you.
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