Re: [PATCH v5 4/7] rust: time: add Delta::to_jiffies() for timeout conversion

On Thu, 06 Aug 2026 11:50:35 +0200
Andreas Hindborg <[email protected]> wrote:

>> diff --git a/rust/kernel/time.rs b/rust/kernel/time.rs
>> index 9d65a6c1992a..5844ee985a7b 100644
>> --- a/rust/kernel/time.rs
>> +++ b/rust/kernel/time.rs
>> @@ -551,6 +551,27 @@ pub fn as_millis_ceil(self) -> i64 {
>>          }
>>      }
>>  
>> +    /// Convert this span to a [`Delta<Jiffy>`] suitable for use as a timeout.
>> +    ///
>> +    /// The value is rounded up to the next whole jiffy, so the resulting
>> +    /// timeout is never shorter than `self` (as `msecs_to_jiffies()` does).
>> +    /// A negative span clamps to zero jiffies (an immediate timeout).
> 
> Should we rename this to `to_jiffies_timeout` to indicate the clamping
> logic more clearly? I would expect a function with this name to have a
> negative `Delta<Nsec>` convert to a negative `Delta<Jiffy>`.

Make sense. I'll rename it.