Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751102Ab0HUBEZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:04:25 -0400 Received: from e38.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.159]:38683 "EHLO e38.co.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750843Ab0HUBEW (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:04:22 -0400 Subject: Re: [KVM timekeeping 17/35] Implement getnsboottime kernel API From: john stultz To: Zachary Amsden Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, Avi Kivity , Marcelo Tosatti , Glauber Costa , Thomas Gleixner , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <4C6F235D.5040100@redhat.com> References: <1282291669-25709-1-git-send-email-zamsden@redhat.com> <1282291669-25709-18-git-send-email-zamsden@redhat.com> <1282329594.3302.39.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4C6F11D6.1050101@redhat.com> <1282348958.28794.21.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4C6F235D.5040100@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:04:15 -0700 Message-ID: <1282352655.28794.25.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 714 Lines: 20 On Fri, 2010-08-20 at 14:52 -1000, Zachary Amsden wrote: > I think gettimefromboot_ns() is a good descriptive name, but slightly > too long - it would ruin my indentation. Perhaps getrealtime_ns()? Sigh... So getrealtime_ns would probably be confused with CLOCK_REALTIME, which is wall time. :P At this point it feels too nitpicky to suggest anything else, so go ahead and use boottime_ns and we'll refine things if anyone actually trips up on it. thanks -john -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/