Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.9 1/3] powerpc/selftests: Use timersub() for gettimeofday()

[Joe Perches]

On Fri, 2022-10-14 at 09:54 -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> From: ye xingchen 
> 
> [ Upstream commit c814bf958926ff45a9c1e899bd001006ab6cfbae ]
> 
> Use timersub() function to simplify the code.

Why should a code simplification be backported?

> 
> Reported-by: Zeal Robot 
> Signed-off-by: ye xingchen 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220816105106.82666-1-ye.xingc...@zte.com.cn
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin 
> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/benchmarks/gettimeofday.c | 6 --
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/benchmarks/gettimeofday.c 
> b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/benchmarks/gettimeofday.c
> index 3af3c21e8036..7f4bb84f1c9c 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/benchmarks/gettimeofday.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/benchmarks/gettimeofday.c
> @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ static int test_gettimeofday(void)
>  {
>   int i;
>  
> - struct timeval tv_start, tv_end;
> + struct timeval tv_start, tv_end, tv_diff;
>  
>   gettimeofday(&tv_start, NULL);
>  
> @@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ static int test_gettimeofday(void)
>   gettimeofday(&tv_end, NULL);
>   }
>  
> - printf("time = %.6f\n", tv_end.tv_sec - tv_start.tv_sec + 
> (tv_end.tv_usec - tv_start.tv_usec) * 1e-6);
> + timersub(&tv_start, &tv_end, &tv_diff);
> +
> + printf("time = %.6f\n", tv_diff.tv_sec + (tv_diff.tv_usec) * 1e-6);
>  
>   return 0;
>  }

[PATCH AUTOSEL 4.9 1/3] powerpc/selftests: Use timersub() for gettimeofday()

[Sasha Levin]

From: ye xingchen 

[ Upstream commit c814bf958926ff45a9c1e899bd001006ab6cfbae ]

Use timersub() function to simplify the code.

Reported-by: Zeal Robot 
Signed-off-by: ye xingchen 
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman 
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220816105106.82666-1-ye.xingc...@zte.com.cn
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin 
---
 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/benchmarks/gettimeofday.c | 6 --
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/benchmarks/gettimeofday.c 
b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/benchmarks/gettimeofday.c
index 3af3c21e8036..7f4bb84f1c9c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/benchmarks/gettimeofday.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/benchmarks/gettimeofday.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ static int test_gettimeofday(void)
 {
int i;
 
-   struct timeval tv_start, tv_end;
+   struct timeval tv_start, tv_end, tv_diff;
 
gettimeofday(&tv_start, NULL);
 
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ static int test_gettimeofday(void)
gettimeofday(&tv_end, NULL);
}
 
-   printf("time = %.6f\n", tv_end.tv_sec - tv_start.tv_sec + 
(tv_end.tv_usec - tv_start.tv_usec) * 1e-6);
+   timersub(&tv_start, &tv_end, &tv_diff);
+
+   printf("time = %.6f\n", tv_diff.tv_sec + (tv_diff.tv_usec) * 1e-6);
 
return 0;
 }
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