Re: ktime_set() does not check for nanoseconds > one second

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Mon Sep 01 2008 - 09:17:11 EST


On Mon, 1 Sep 2008, Matt Fleming wrote:

> 2008/9/1 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >
> > Won't work with arbitrary numbers. i.e. >= 2* NSEC_PER_SEC. Looking at
> > it, I'm even less convinced that it is a good idea.
> >
> > tglx
> >
>
> Do you have another suggestion? Or should I just account for the >= 1
> sec case in the calling code?

If you use runtime generated nsec values, why don't you use
ktime_add_ns() and feed the nsec value into it ?

Thanks,

tglx
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