Re: [PATCH 1/2] units: Add the HZ_PER_KHZ macro

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 2:31 AM Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 10:39:36 +0200 Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

...

> Also, why make them signed types?  Negative Hz is physically
> nonsensical.  If that upsets some code somewhere because it was dealing
> with signed types then, well, that code needed fixing anyway.
>
> Ditto MILLIWATT_PER_WATT and friends, sigh.

And all seconds also. I guess it's historically like this and in any
case I don't expect we will have multipliers that don't fit long long.

There might be some subtle integral promotion rules that screw the
flow up, but I have not much experience with it to be honest.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko