[LTP] [PATCH v3 3/4] tst_timer: Create interface for using multiple timers

Cyril Hrubis chrubis@suse.cz
Thu Aug 16 14:27:28 CEST 2018


Hi!
> > +/**
> > + * Encapsulates a stopwatch timer.
> > + *
> > + * Useful when you need to use multiple timers in a single test.
> > + */
> > +struct tst_timer {
> > +	/** The POSIX clock type  */
> > +	clockid_t clock_id;
> > +	/** How much time can pass before tst_timer_expired_st() returns true */
> > +	struct timespec limit;
> > +	/** Where to start measuring time from */
> > +	struct timespec start_time;
> > +};

On a related note, do you really think that we will need nsec resoltion
for the timeout timers? I would say that keeping the limit as unsigned
integer holding number of seconds would be more than enough.

-- 
Cyril Hrubis
chrubis@suse.cz


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