On Thu, 22 Jan 2015, Olliver Schinagl wrote:
> On 22-01-15 12:01, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > Aside of that, what's wrong with doing:
> >
> > static const ktime_t ktime_zero = { .tv64 = 0 };
> >
> > hrtimer_start(timer, ktime_zero, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
> I guess the same could be said for hrtimer_forward_now I suppose. It was just
> intended as a little helper, with emphasis on helper.
Well, no. htimer_forward_now() is mainly there to maintain a periodic
schedule which takes gaps into account.
I have nothing against the start_now() helper, but it's simpler and
less code with start relative than with abs and get_time().
Thanks,
tglx
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