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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: "Rustad, Mark D" <mark.d.rustad@intel.com>
Cc: "Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>,
	"mingo@redhat.com" <mingo@redhat.com>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] semaphore: Resolve some shadow warnings
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 11:39:50 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140903093950.GE4783@worktop.ger.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <176C5670-03A7-4003-925D-9C252A7A284F@intel.com>

On Tue, Sep 02, 2014 at 09:16:23PM +0000, Rustad, Mark D wrote:
> 
> It would, but then it would be unclear as to what units the timeout
> was in. I have no other objection to timeout, I was just trying to
> preserve the meaning in the existing overloaded name. The "n" to me
> suggests a number and, if anything, number of jiffies conveys a more
> precise meaning than simply jiffies did.

Use a comment for the unit. If you look you'll find tons of 'timeout'
variables that measure in jiffies (and others of course).

      reply	other threads:[~2014-09-03  9:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-08-28 12:19 [PATCH] semaphore: Resolve some shadow warnings Jeff Kirsher
2014-09-01 12:02 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-09-01 23:41   ` Jeff Kirsher
2014-09-02 21:16     ` Rustad, Mark D
2014-09-03  9:39       ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]

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