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-rw-r--r--include/acpi/acpixf.h2
-rw-r--r--include/acpi/actypes.h3
-rw-r--r--include/crypto/curve25519.h6
-rw-r--r--include/drm/drm_dp_mst_helper.h4
-rw-r--r--include/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.h5
-rw-r--r--include/linux/blkdev.h3
-rw-r--r--include/linux/blktrace_api.h18
-rw-r--r--include/linux/bootconfig.h3
-rw-r--r--include/linux/cgroup.h1
-rw-r--r--include/linux/compat.h29
-rw-r--r--include/linux/cpufreq.h3
-rw-r--r--include/linux/dax.h14
-rw-r--r--include/linux/debugfs.h13
-rw-r--r--include/linux/device.h11
-rw-r--r--include/linux/genhd.h13
-rw-r--r--include/linux/hid.h2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/icmpv6.h10
-rw-r--r--include/linux/inet_diag.h18
-rw-r--r--include/linux/intel-svm.h2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/irqdomain.h2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/ktime.h37
-rw-r--r--include/linux/kvm_host.h4
-rw-r--r--include/linux/mlx5/mlx5_ifc.h5
-rw-r--r--include/linux/mm.h4
-rw-r--r--include/linux/mmc/host.h1
-rw-r--r--include/linux/netdevice.h23
-rw-r--r--include/linux/netfilter/ipset/ip_set.h11
-rw-r--r--include/linux/nfs_fs.h26
-rw-r--r--include/linux/phy.h3
-rw-r--r--include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h3
-rw-r--r--include/linux/platform_data/spi-omap2-mcspi.h1
-rw-r--r--include/linux/platform_device.h2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/rculist_nulls.h7
-rw-r--r--include/linux/rhashtable.h2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/sched/nohz.h2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/skbuff.h30
-rw-r--r--include/linux/suspend.h2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/swiotlb.h11
-rw-r--r--include/linux/time32.h154
-rw-r--r--include/linux/timekeeping32.h32
-rw-r--r--include/linux/trace_events.h2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/tty.h2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/types.h5
-rw-r--r--include/linux/usb/quirks.h3
-rw-r--r--include/linux/workqueue.h16
-rw-r--r--include/net/fib_rules.h1
-rw-r--r--include/net/flow_dissector.h10
-rw-r--r--include/net/icmp.h6
-rw-r--r--include/net/mac80211.h11
-rw-r--r--include/net/sock.h38
-rw-r--r--include/scsi/iscsi_proto.h1
-rw-r--r--include/soc/mscc/ocelot_dev.h2
-rw-r--r--include/sound/rawmidi.h6
-rw-r--r--include/sound/soc-dapm.h2
-rw-r--r--include/sound/soc.h2
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/asm-generic/posix_types.h2
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/bpf.h16
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/dm-ioctl.h4
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/in.h2
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_common.h12
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/swab.h4
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/time.h22
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/usb/charger.h16
-rw-r--r--include/xen/interface/io/tpmif.h2
-rw-r--r--include/xen/xenbus.h3
65 files changed, 306 insertions, 406 deletions
diff --git a/include/acpi/acpixf.h b/include/acpi/acpixf.h
index 00994b1b8681..8e8be989c2a6 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpixf.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpixf.h
@@ -752,6 +752,8 @@ ACPI_HW_DEPENDENT_RETURN_UINT32(u32 acpi_dispatch_gpe(acpi_handle gpe_device, u3
ACPI_HW_DEPENDENT_RETURN_STATUS(acpi_status acpi_disable_all_gpes(void))
ACPI_HW_DEPENDENT_RETURN_STATUS(acpi_status acpi_enable_all_runtime_gpes(void))
ACPI_HW_DEPENDENT_RETURN_STATUS(acpi_status acpi_enable_all_wakeup_gpes(void))
+ACPI_HW_DEPENDENT_RETURN_UINT32(u32 acpi_any_gpe_status_set(void))
+ACPI_HW_DEPENDENT_RETURN_UINT32(u32 acpi_any_fixed_event_status_set(void))
ACPI_HW_DEPENDENT_RETURN_STATUS(acpi_status
acpi_get_gpe_device(u32 gpe_index,
diff --git a/include/acpi/actypes.h b/include/acpi/actypes.h
index a2583c2bc054..4defed58ea33 100644
--- a/include/acpi/actypes.h
+++ b/include/acpi/actypes.h
@@ -532,11 +532,12 @@ typedef u64 acpi_integer;
strnlen (a, ACPI_NAMESEG_SIZE) == ACPI_NAMESEG_SIZE)
/*
- * Algorithm to obtain access bit width.
+ * Algorithm to obtain access bit or byte width.
* Can be used with access_width of struct acpi_generic_address and access_size of
* struct acpi_resource_generic_register.
*/
#define ACPI_ACCESS_BIT_WIDTH(size) (1 << ((size) + 2))
+#define ACPI_ACCESS_BYTE_WIDTH(size) (1 << ((size) - 1))
/*******************************************************************************
*
diff --git a/include/crypto/curve25519.h b/include/crypto/curve25519.h
index 4e6dc840b159..9ecb3c1f0f15 100644
--- a/include/crypto/curve25519.h
+++ b/include/crypto/curve25519.h
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ bool __must_check curve25519(u8 mypublic[CURVE25519_KEY_SIZE],
const u8 secret[CURVE25519_KEY_SIZE],
const u8 basepoint[CURVE25519_KEY_SIZE])
{
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CRYPTO_ARCH_HAVE_LIB_CURVE25519))
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CRYPTO_ARCH_HAVE_LIB_CURVE25519) &&
+ (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CRYPTO_CURVE25519_X86) || IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_AS_ADX)))
curve25519_arch(mypublic, secret, basepoint);
else
curve25519_generic(mypublic, secret, basepoint);
@@ -49,7 +50,8 @@ __must_check curve25519_generate_public(u8 pub[CURVE25519_KEY_SIZE],
CURVE25519_KEY_SIZE)))
return false;
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CRYPTO_ARCH_HAVE_LIB_CURVE25519))
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CRYPTO_ARCH_HAVE_LIB_CURVE25519) &&
+ (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CRYPTO_CURVE25519_X86) || IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_AS_ADX)))
curve25519_base_arch(pub, secret);
else
curve25519_generic(pub, secret, curve25519_base_point);
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_dp_mst_helper.h b/include/drm/drm_dp_mst_helper.h
index bcb39da9adb4..41725d88d27e 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_dp_mst_helper.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_dp_mst_helper.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ struct drm_dp_vcpi {
* &drm_dp_mst_topology_mgr.base.lock.
* @num_sdp_stream_sinks: Number of stream sinks. Protected by
* &drm_dp_mst_topology_mgr.base.lock.
- * @available_pbn: Available bandwidth for this port. Protected by
+ * @full_pbn: Max possible bandwidth for this port. Protected by
* &drm_dp_mst_topology_mgr.base.lock.
* @next: link to next port on this branch device
* @aux: i2c aux transport to talk to device connected to this port, protected
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ struct drm_dp_mst_port {
u8 dpcd_rev;
u8 num_sdp_streams;
u8 num_sdp_stream_sinks;
- uint16_t available_pbn;
+ uint16_t full_pbn;
struct list_head next;
/**
* @mstb: the branch device connected to this port, if there is one.
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.h b/include/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.h
index e34a7b7f848a..294b2931c4cc 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.h
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ struct drm_gem_shmem_object {
* The address are un-mapped when the count reaches zero.
*/
unsigned int vmap_use_count;
+
+ /**
+ * @map_cached: map object cached (instead of using writecombine).
+ */
+ bool map_cached;
};
#define to_drm_gem_shmem_obj(obj) \
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 053ea4b51988..f629d40c645c 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ struct request_queue {
unsigned int sg_reserved_size;
int node;
#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
- struct blk_trace *blk_trace;
+ struct blk_trace __rcu *blk_trace;
struct mutex blk_trace_mutex;
#endif
/*
@@ -1494,7 +1494,6 @@ static inline void put_dev_sector(Sector p)
}
int kblockd_schedule_work(struct work_struct *work);
-int kblockd_schedule_work_on(int cpu, struct work_struct *work);
int kblockd_mod_delayed_work_on(int cpu, struct delayed_work *dwork, unsigned long delay);
#define MODULE_ALIAS_BLOCKDEV(major,minor) \
diff --git a/include/linux/blktrace_api.h b/include/linux/blktrace_api.h
index 7bb2d8de9f30..3b6ff5902edc 100644
--- a/include/linux/blktrace_api.h
+++ b/include/linux/blktrace_api.h
@@ -51,9 +51,13 @@ void __trace_note_message(struct blk_trace *, struct blkcg *blkcg, const char *f
**/
#define blk_add_cgroup_trace_msg(q, cg, fmt, ...) \
do { \
- struct blk_trace *bt = (q)->blk_trace; \
+ struct blk_trace *bt; \
+ \
+ rcu_read_lock(); \
+ bt = rcu_dereference((q)->blk_trace); \
if (unlikely(bt)) \
__trace_note_message(bt, cg, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);\
+ rcu_read_unlock(); \
} while (0)
#define blk_add_trace_msg(q, fmt, ...) \
blk_add_cgroup_trace_msg(q, NULL, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
@@ -61,10 +65,14 @@ void __trace_note_message(struct blk_trace *, struct blkcg *blkcg, const char *f
static inline bool blk_trace_note_message_enabled(struct request_queue *q)
{
- struct blk_trace *bt = q->blk_trace;
- if (likely(!bt))
- return false;
- return bt->act_mask & BLK_TC_NOTIFY;
+ struct blk_trace *bt;
+ bool ret;
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ bt = rcu_dereference(q->blk_trace);
+ ret = bt && (bt->act_mask & BLK_TC_NOTIFY);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ return ret;
}
extern void blk_add_driver_data(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
diff --git a/include/linux/bootconfig.h b/include/linux/bootconfig.h
index 7e18c939663e..d11e183fcb54 100644
--- a/include/linux/bootconfig.h
+++ b/include/linux/bootconfig.h
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
+#define BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC "#BOOTCONFIG\n"
+#define BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN 12
+
/* XBC tree node */
struct xbc_node {
u16 next;
diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index d7ddebd0cdec..e75d2191226b 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ struct css_task_iter {
struct list_head *mg_tasks_head;
struct list_head *dying_tasks_head;
+ struct list_head *cur_tasks_head;
struct css_set *cur_cset;
struct css_set *cur_dcset;
struct task_struct *cur_task;
diff --git a/include/linux/compat.h b/include/linux/compat.h
index 11083d84eb23..df2475be134a 100644
--- a/include/linux/compat.h
+++ b/include/linux/compat.h
@@ -248,15 +248,6 @@ typedef struct compat_siginfo {
} _sifields;
} compat_siginfo_t;
-/*
- * These functions operate on 32- or 64-bit specs depending on
- * COMPAT_USE_64BIT_TIME, hence the void user pointer arguments.
- */
-extern int compat_get_timespec(struct timespec *, const void __user *);
-extern int compat_put_timespec(const struct timespec *, void __user *);
-extern int compat_get_timeval(struct timeval *, const void __user *);
-extern int compat_put_timeval(const struct timeval *, void __user *);
-
struct compat_iovec {
compat_uptr_t iov_base;
compat_size_t iov_len;
@@ -416,26 +407,6 @@ int copy_siginfo_to_user32(struct compat_siginfo __user *to, const kernel_siginf
int get_compat_sigevent(struct sigevent *event,
const struct compat_sigevent __user *u_event);
-static inline int old_timeval32_compare(struct old_timeval32 *lhs,
- struct old_timeval32 *rhs)
-{
- if (lhs->tv_sec < rhs->tv_sec)
- return -1;
- if (lhs->tv_sec > rhs->tv_sec)
- return 1;
- return lhs->tv_usec - rhs->tv_usec;
-}
-
-static inline int old_timespec32_compare(struct old_timespec32 *lhs,
- struct old_timespec32 *rhs)
-{
- if (lhs->tv_sec < rhs->tv_sec)
- return -1;
- if (lhs->tv_sec > rhs->tv_sec)
- return 1;
- return lhs->tv_nsec - rhs->tv_nsec;
-}
-
extern int get_compat_sigset(sigset_t *set, const compat_sigset_t __user *compat);
/*
diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
index 018dce868de6..0fb561d1b524 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -201,9 +201,6 @@ static inline bool policy_is_shared(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
return cpumask_weight(policy->cpus) > 1;
}
-/* /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq: entry point for global variables */
-extern struct kobject *cpufreq_global_kobject;
-
#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_FREQ
unsigned int cpufreq_get(unsigned int cpu);
unsigned int cpufreq_quick_get(unsigned int cpu);
diff --git a/include/linux/dax.h b/include/linux/dax.h
index 9bd8528bd305..328c2dbb4409 100644
--- a/include/linux/dax.h
+++ b/include/linux/dax.h
@@ -129,11 +129,6 @@ static inline bool generic_fsdax_supported(struct dax_device *dax_dev,
sectors);
}
-static inline struct dax_device *fs_dax_get_by_host(const char *host)
-{
- return dax_get_by_host(host);
-}
-
static inline void fs_put_dax(struct dax_device *dax_dev)
{
put_dax(dax_dev);
@@ -141,7 +136,7 @@ static inline void fs_put_dax(struct dax_device *dax_dev)
struct dax_device *fs_dax_get_by_bdev(struct block_device *bdev);
int dax_writeback_mapping_range(struct address_space *mapping,
- struct block_device *bdev, struct writeback_control *wbc);
+ struct dax_device *dax_dev, struct writeback_control *wbc);
struct page *dax_layout_busy_page(struct address_space *mapping);
dax_entry_t dax_lock_page(struct page *page);
@@ -160,11 +155,6 @@ static inline bool generic_fsdax_supported(struct dax_device *dax_dev,
return false;
}
-static inline struct dax_device *fs_dax_get_by_host(const char *host)
-{
- return NULL;
-}
-
static inline void fs_put_dax(struct dax_device *dax_dev)
{
}
@@ -180,7 +170,7 @@ static inline struct page *dax_layout_busy_page(struct address_space *mapping)
}
static inline int dax_writeback_mapping_range(struct address_space *mapping,
- struct block_device *bdev, struct writeback_control *wbc)
+ struct dax_device *dax_dev, struct writeback_control *wbc)
{
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/debugfs.h b/include/linux/debugfs.h
index 3d013de64f70..43efcc49f061 100644
--- a/include/linux/debugfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/debugfs.h
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ struct dentry *debugfs_create_blob(const char *name, umode_t mode,
struct dentry *parent,
struct debugfs_blob_wrapper *blob);
-struct dentry *debugfs_create_regset32(const char *name, umode_t mode,
- struct dentry *parent,
- struct debugfs_regset32 *regset);
+void debugfs_create_regset32(const char *name, umode_t mode,
+ struct dentry *parent,
+ struct debugfs_regset32 *regset);
void debugfs_print_regs32(struct seq_file *s, const struct debugfs_reg32 *regs,
int nregs, void __iomem *base, char *prefix);
@@ -304,11 +304,10 @@ static inline struct dentry *debugfs_create_blob(const char *name, umode_t mode,
return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
}
-static inline struct dentry *debugfs_create_regset32(const char *name,
- umode_t mode, struct dentry *parent,
- struct debugfs_regset32 *regset)
+static inline void debugfs_create_regset32(const char *name, umode_t mode,
+ struct dentry *parent,
+ struct debugfs_regset32 *regset)
{
- return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
}
static inline void debugfs_print_regs32(struct seq_file *s, const struct debugfs_reg32 *regs,
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 0cd7c647c16c..fa04dfd22bbc 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -798,6 +798,17 @@ static inline struct device_node *dev_of_node(struct device *dev)
return dev->of_node;
}
+static inline bool dev_has_sync_state(struct device *dev)
+{
+ if (!dev)
+ return false;
+ if (dev->driver && dev->driver->sync_state)
+ return true;
+ if (dev->bus && dev->bus->sync_state)
+ return true;
+ return false;
+}
+
/*
* High level routines for use by the bus drivers
*/
diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h
index 6fbe58538ad6..07dc91835b98 100644
--- a/include/linux/genhd.h
+++ b/include/linux/genhd.h
@@ -245,18 +245,6 @@ static inline bool disk_part_scan_enabled(struct gendisk *disk)
!(disk->flags & GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN);
}
-static inline bool disk_has_partitions(struct gendisk *disk)
-{
- bool ret = false;
-
- rcu_read_lock();
- if (rcu_dereference(disk->part_tbl)->len > 1)
- ret = true;
- rcu_read_unlock();
-
- return ret;
-}
-
static inline dev_t disk_devt(struct gendisk *disk)
{
return MKDEV(disk->major, disk->first_minor);
@@ -298,6 +286,7 @@ extern void disk_part_iter_exit(struct disk_part_iter *piter);
extern struct hd_struct *disk_map_sector_rcu(struct gendisk *disk,
sector_t sector);
+bool disk_has_partitions(struct gendisk *disk);
/*
* Macros to operate on percpu disk statistics:
diff --git a/include/linux/hid.h b/include/linux/hid.h
index cd41f209043f..875f71132b14 100644
--- a/include/linux/hid.h
+++ b/include/linux/hid.h
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ struct hid_report_enum {
};
#define HID_MIN_BUFFER_SIZE 64 /* make sure there is at least a packet size of space */
-#define HID_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE 4096 /* 4kb */
+#define HID_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE 8192 /* 8kb */
#define HID_CONTROL_FIFO_SIZE 256 /* to init devices with >100 reports */
#define HID_OUTPUT_FIFO_SIZE 64
diff --git a/include/linux/icmpv6.h b/include/linux/icmpv6.h
index ef1cbb5f454f..33d379602314 100644
--- a/include/linux/icmpv6.h
+++ b/include/linux/icmpv6.h
@@ -22,12 +22,22 @@ extern int inet6_unregister_icmp_sender(ip6_icmp_send_t *fn);
int ip6_err_gen_icmpv6_unreach(struct sk_buff *skb, int nhs, int type,
unsigned int data_len);
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NF_NAT)
+void icmpv6_ndo_send(struct sk_buff *skb_in, u8 type, u8 code, __u32 info);
+#else
+#define icmpv6_ndo_send icmpv6_send
+#endif
+
#else
static inline void icmpv6_send(struct sk_buff *skb,
u8 type, u8 code, __u32 info)
{
+}
+static inline void icmpv6_ndo_send(struct sk_buff *skb,
+ u8 type, u8 code, __u32 info)
+{
}
#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/inet_diag.h b/include/linux/inet_diag.h
index 39faaaf843e1..c91cf2dee12a 100644
--- a/include/linux/inet_diag.h
+++ b/include/linux/inet_diag.h
@@ -2,15 +2,10 @@
#ifndef _INET_DIAG_H_
#define _INET_DIAG_H_ 1
+#include <net/netlink.h>
#include <uapi/linux/inet_diag.h>
-struct net;
-struct sock;
struct inet_hashinfo;
-struct nlattr;
-struct nlmsghdr;
-struct sk_buff;
-struct netlink_callback;
struct inet_diag_handler {
void (*dump)(struct sk_buff *skb,
@@ -62,6 +57,17 @@ int inet_diag_bc_sk(const struct nlattr *_bc, struct sock *sk);
void inet_diag_msg_common_fill(struct inet_diag_msg *r, struct sock *sk);
+static inline size_t inet_diag_msg_attrs_size(void)
+{
+ return nla_total_size(1) /* INET_DIAG_SHUTDOWN */
+ + nla_total_size(1) /* INET_DIAG_TOS */
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
+ + nla_total_size(1) /* INET_DIAG_TCLASS */
+ + nla_total_size(1) /* INET_DIAG_SKV6ONLY */
+#endif
+ + nla_total_size(4) /* INET_DIAG_MARK */
+ + nla_total_size(4); /* INET_DIAG_CLASS_ID */
+}
int inet_diag_msg_attrs_fill(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
struct inet_diag_msg *r, int ext,
struct user_namespace *user_ns, bool net_admin);
diff --git a/include/linux/intel-svm.h b/include/linux/intel-svm.h
index 94f047a8a845..d7c403d0dd27 100644
--- a/include/linux/intel-svm.h
+++ b/include/linux/intel-svm.h
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ static inline int intel_svm_unbind_mm(struct device *dev, int pasid)
BUG();
}
-static int intel_svm_is_pasid_valid(struct device *dev, int pasid)
+static inline int intel_svm_is_pasid_valid(struct device *dev, int pasid)
{
return -EINVAL;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/irqdomain.h b/include/linux/irqdomain.h
index b2d47571ab67..8d062e86d954 100644
--- a/include/linux/irqdomain.h
+++ b/include/linux/irqdomain.h
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ enum {
IRQ_DOMAIN_FLAG_HIERARCHY = (1 << 0),
/* Irq domain name was allocated in __irq_domain_add() */
- IRQ_DOMAIN_NAME_ALLOCATED = (1 << 6),
+ IRQ_DOMAIN_NAME_ALLOCATED = (1 << 1),
/* Irq domain is an IPI domain with virq per cpu */
IRQ_DOMAIN_FLAG_IPI_PER_CPU = (1 << 2),
diff --git a/include/linux/ktime.h b/include/linux/ktime.h
index b2bb44f87f5a..d1fb05135665 100644
--- a/include/linux/ktime.h
+++ b/include/linux/ktime.h
@@ -66,33 +66,15 @@ static inline ktime_t ktime_set(const s64 secs, const unsigned long nsecs)
*/
#define ktime_sub_ns(kt, nsval) ((kt) - (nsval))
-/* convert a timespec to ktime_t format: */
-static inline ktime_t timespec_to_ktime(struct timespec ts)
-{
- return ktime_set(ts.tv_sec, ts.tv_nsec);