On 05/14/2013 11:57 PM, John Stultz wrote: > On 05/14/2013 12:45 AM, Gu Zheng wrote: >> From 18072c1c3506a7e37ee485307a2c343efe5af4d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 >> From: Gu Zheng <guz.fnst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 15:45:24 +0900 >> Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Kernel/time: Introduce a new timestamp function local_time_seconds() >> >> Introduce a new timestamp function local_time_seconds() to hide the conversion of system time in UTC to local time seconds. > > So, why is this useful/needed? Hi John, There are some subsystems use local time seconds as a timestamp, such as scsi(refer to:http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-scsi/msg66089.html), and so do many out-of-kernel-tree code I think. Best regards, Gu > > thanks > -john > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
