Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] livepatch: Convert timeouts to secs_to_jiffies()

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On Wed 2024-12-18 09:35:46, Easwar Hariharan wrote:
> On 12/18/2024 12:48 AM, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Le 18/12/2024 à 09:38, Petr Mladek a écrit :
> >> On Tue 2024-12-17 23:09:59, Easwar Hariharan wrote:
> >>> Commit b35108a51cf7 ("jiffies: Define secs_to_jiffies()") introduced
> >>> secs_to_jiffies(). As the value here is a multiple of 1000, use
> >>> secs_to_jiffies() instead of msecs_to_jiffies to avoid the
> >>> multiplication.
> >>>
> >>> This is converted using scripts/coccinelle/misc/secs_to_jiffies.cocci
> >>> with
> >>> the following Coccinelle rules:
> >>>
> >>> @@ constant C; @@
> >>>
> >>> - msecs_to_jiffies(C * 1000)
> >>> + secs_to_jiffies(C)
> >>>
> >>> @@ constant C; @@
> >>>
> >>> - msecs_to_jiffies(C * MSEC_PER_SEC)
> >>> + secs_to_jiffies(C)
> >>>
> >>> While here, replace the schedule_delayed_work() call with a 0 timeout
> >>> with an immediate schedule_work() call.
> >>>
> >>> --- a/samples/livepatch/livepatch-callbacks-busymod.c
> >>> +++ b/samples/livepatch/livepatch-callbacks-busymod.c
> >>> @@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ static void busymod_work_func(struct work_struct
> >>> *work)
> >>>   static int livepatch_callbacks_mod_init(void)
> >>>   {
> >>>       pr_info("%s\n", __func__);
> >>> -    schedule_delayed_work(&work,
> >>> -        msecs_to_jiffies(1000 * 0));
> >>> +    schedule_work(&work);
> >>
> >> Is it safe to use schedule_work() for struct delayed_work?
> > 
> > Should be, but you are right it should then be a standard work not a
> > delayed work.
> > 
> > So probably the easiest is to keep
> > 
> >     schedule_delayed_work(&work, 0)
> > 
> > And eventually changing it to a not delayed work could be a follow-up
> > patch.
> > 
> >>
> 
> Thanks for the catch, Petr! This suggestion would effectively revert
> this patch to the v3 version, albeit with some extra explanation in the
> commit message. I'd propose just keeping the v3 in the next branch where
> it is.
> 
> Andrew, Petr, Christophe, what do you think?

I am fine with keeping v3 in next.

Best Regards,
Petr




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