Re: [PATCH net-next v3 3/8] rust: time: Change output of Ktime's sub operation to Delta

[Boqun Feng]

On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 12:52:08PM +0900, FUJITA Tomonori wrote:
> Change the output type of Ktime's subtraction operation from Ktime to
> Delta. Currently, the output is Ktime:
> 
> Ktime = Ktime - Ktime
> 
> It means that Ktime is used to represent timedelta. Delta is
> introduced so use it. A typical example is calculating the elapsed
> time:
> 
> Delta = current Ktime - past Ktime;
> 
> Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  rust/kernel/time.rs | 10 +++++-----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/time.rs b/rust/kernel/time.rs
> index 38a70dc98083..8c00854db58c 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/time.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/time.rs
> @@ -74,16 +74,16 @@ pub fn to_ms(self) -> i64 {
>  /// Returns the number of milliseconds between two ktimes.
>  #[inline]
>  pub fn ktime_ms_delta(later: Ktime, earlier: Ktime) -> i64 {
> -    (later - earlier).to_ms()
> +    (later - earlier).as_millis()
>  }
>  
>  impl core::ops::Sub for Ktime {
> -    type Output = Ktime;
> +    type Output = Delta;
>  
>      #[inline]
> -    fn sub(self, other: Ktime) -> Ktime {
> -        Self {
> -            inner: self.inner - other.inner,
> +    fn sub(self, other: Ktime) -> Delta {
> +        Delta {
> +            nanos: self.inner - other.inner,

My understanding is that ktime_t, when used as a timestamp, can only
have a value in range [0, i64::MAX], so this substraction here never
overflows, maybe we want add a comment here?

We should really differ two cases: 1) user inputs may cause overflow vs
2) implementation errors or unexpected hardware errors cause overflow, I
think.

Regards,
Boqun

>          }
>      }
>  }
> -- 
> 2.43.0
> 
>