Re: [PATCH] sched_ext: use msecs_to_jiffies consistently

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Sun Dec 11 2022 - 21:19:34 EST


On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 11:43:30PM +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> The watchdog's timeout is processed by msecs_to_jiffies when it is
> checked, but not when the delay for running the watchdog is set. The
> watchdog will thus run at a time that is later than that time at which it
> is checked that it has run, and the scheduler aborts.
>
> Add the needed calls to msecs_to_jiffies.
>
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@xxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
>
> Another solution would be to use jiffies everywhere.

Yeah, that was how David Vernet implemented it in the first place and I
insisted on using non-jiffies unit, which clearly seems like a mistake. I
think the right thing to do here is using jiffies for everything.

Thanks.

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tejun