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    timer: add fsleep for flexible sleeping · c6af13d3
    Heiner Kallweit authored
    Sleeping for a certain amount of time requires use of different
    functions, depending on the time period.
    Documentation/timers/timers-howto.rst explains when to use which
    function, and also checkpatch checks for some potentially
    problematic cases.
    
    So let's create a helper that automatically chooses the appropriate
    sleep function -> fsleep(), for flexible sleeping
    
    If the delay is a constant, then the compiler should be able to ensure
    that the new helper doesn't create overhead. If the delay is not
    constant, then the new helper can save some code.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarHeiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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