From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Varun Chandramohan Subject: [PATCH 2/4 Rev-3] Add new timeval_to_sec function Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:29:51 +0530 Message-ID: <20070829122951.32afeba5.varunc@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, kaber@trash.net, socketcan@hartkopp.net, shemminger@linux-foundation.org, krkumar2@in.ibm.com, tgraf@suug.ch, varuncha@in.ibm.com To: davem@davemloft.net Return-path: Received: from e32.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.150]:59925 "EHLO e32.co.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753564AbXH2G7F (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Aug 2007 02:59:05 -0400 Received: from d03relay02.boulder.ibm.com (d03relay02.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.195.227]) by e32.co.us.ibm.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l7T5psGt013843 for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:51:54 -0400 Received: from d03av01.boulder.ibm.com (d03av01.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.195.167]) by d03relay02.boulder.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v8.5) with ESMTP id l7T6x4Tn456538 for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:59:04 -0600 Received: from d03av01.boulder.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d03av01.boulder.ibm.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.13.3) with ESMTP id l7T6x3BQ016713 for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:59:04 -0600 Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org A new function for converting timeval to time_t is added in netlink.h. Its a common function used in differentplaces. The reason for adding this function in netlink.h is that its used by netlink for stats purpose. Signed-off-by: Varun Chandramohan --- include/net/netlink.h | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h index d7b824b..f86cc59 100644 --- a/include/net/netlink.h +++ b/include/net/netlink.h @@ -1100,4 +1100,17 @@ static inline int nla_validate_nested(st #define nla_for_each_nested(pos, nla, rem) \ nla_for_each_attr(pos, nla_data(nla), nla_len(nla), rem) +/** + * timeval_to_sec - Convert timeval to seconds + * @tv: pointer to the timeval variable to be converted + * + * Returns the seconds representation of timeval parameter. + * Note : Here we round up the value. We dont need accuracy. + * This is mainly used in netlink for stats purpose. + */ +static inline time_t timeval_to_sec(const struct timeval *tv) +{ + return (tv->tv_sec + (tv->tv_usec ? 1 : 0)); +} + #endif -- 1.4.3.4