Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 06 May 2020 17:04:06 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] timer: add fsleep for flexible sleeping | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.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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