Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] jiffies: Define secs_to_jiffies()

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Thomas,

On Tue, Oct 29, 2024 at 5:08 PM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 28 2024 at 19:11, Easwar Hariharan wrote:
> > diff --git a/include/linux/jiffies.h b/include/linux/jiffies.h
> > index 1220f0fbe5bf..e5256bb5f851 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/jiffies.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/jiffies.h
> > @@ -526,6 +526,8 @@ static __always_inline unsigned long msecs_to_jiffies(const unsigned int m)
> >       }
> >  }
> >
> > +#define secs_to_jiffies(_secs) ((_secs) * HZ)
>
> Can you please make that a static inline, as there is no need for macro
> magic like in the other conversions, and add a kernel doc comment which
> documents this?

Note that a static inline means it cannot be used in e.g. struct initializers,
which are substantial users of  "<value> * HZ".

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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