RE: [PATCH v2 1/2] jiffies: Define secs_to_jiffies()

On Wed, Nov 06 2024 at 22:19, David Laight wrote:

From: Thomas Gleixner

quoted

Still the macro should be documented.

I was wondering if it really had any purpose at all.
It just obfuscates code, doesn't even make it smaller.

What is obfuscated here?

secs_to_jiffies() is clearly describing what this is about, while 5 * HZ
is not. Nothing in a driver has to care about the underlying conversion
of a time delta expressed in SI units to a jiffies based time delta.

Thanks,

        tglx