netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v1 1/2] rust: add delay abstraction

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Message-Id: <20241002.144007.1148085658686203349.fujita.tomonori@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 14:40:07 +0000 (UTC)
From: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@...il.com>
To: aliceryhl@...gle.com
Cc: fujita.tomonori@...il.com, andrew@...n.ch, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, hkallweit1@...il.com, tmgross@...ch.edu,
 ojeda@...nel.org, alex.gaynor@...il.com, gary@...yguo.net,
 bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com, benno.lossin@...ton.me, a.hindborg@...sung.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1 1/2] rust: add delay abstraction

On Wed, 2 Oct 2024 16:27:17 +0200
Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com> wrote:

>> You prefer to add a simpler Duration structure to kernel/time.rs?
>> Something like:
>>
>> struct Duration {
>>     nanos: u64,
>> }
>>
>> u64 in nanoseconds is enough for delay in the kernel, I think.
> 
> That type already exists. It's called kernel::time::Ktime.

Sure. Some code use ktime_t to represent duration so using Ktime for
the delay functions makes sense. I'll add some methods to Ktime and
use it.

Thanks!