Re: [PATCH 3/5] KVM: selftests: Simplify demand_paging_test with timespec_diff_now

Ben Gardon
2020-11-02T22:59:41Z

On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 1:27 PM Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com> wrote:
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> On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 04:37:31PM -0700, Ben Gardon wrote:
> > Add a helper function to get the current time and return the time since
> > a given start time. Use that function to simplify the timekeeping in the
> > demand paging test.
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> Nit: timespec_diff_now() sounds less charming than timespec_elapsed() to
> me... "diff_now" is longer, and it also does not show positive/negative of the
> results (which in this case should always be end-start). "elapsed" should
> always mean something positive.

That's a great suggestion and much clearer. I'll make that change in v2.

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> With/Without the change above:
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> Reviewed-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
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> Peter Xu
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