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diff --git a/rust/kernel/time.rs b/rust/kernel/time.rs new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..25a896eed468 --- /dev/null +++ b/rust/kernel/time.rs @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +//! Time related primitives. +//! +//! This module contains the kernel APIs related to time and timers that +//! have been ported or wrapped for usage by Rust code in the kernel. + +/// The time unit of Linux kernel. One jiffy equals (1/HZ) second. +pub type Jiffies = core::ffi::c_ulong; + +/// The millisecond time unit. +pub type Msecs = core::ffi::c_uint; + +/// Converts milliseconds to jiffies. +#[inline] +pub fn msecs_to_jiffies(msecs: Msecs) -> Jiffies { + // SAFETY: The `__msecs_to_jiffies` function is always safe to call no + // matter what the argument is. + unsafe { bindings::__msecs_to_jiffies(msecs) } +} |