# Re: \[PATCH 03/12\] net: igb: avoid using timespec

- From: Richard Cochran \<richardcochran@gmail.com\>
- Date: 2015-10-02 07:47:27 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2015/10/4588874
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2015/09/4586972/t.md

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On Thu, Oct 01, 2015 at 10:01:57PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> I tried to use this pattern whenever I convert the 64-bit 'long long'
> tv_sec member of 'struct timespec64' into a 32-bit number, to annotate
> the loss of range.

Sounds reasonable to me.
 
> I have thought about defining separate helpers like this
...
> This would make it even more explicit, but my fear was that I was
> adding too much complexity like that.

I think a cast plus a comment when needed is clear enough.

Thanks,
Richard
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