linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 05/36] hrtimer: Fix hrtimer function description

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Date:   Wed, 29 Nov 2017 16:30:30 +0100
From:   Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, keescook@...omium.org,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH v3 05/36] hrtimer: Fix hrtimer function description

The hrtimer_start[_range_ns]() starts a timer reliable on this CPU only
when HRTIMER_MODE_PINNED is set. Furthermore the HRTIMER_MODE_PINNED mode
is not considered, when a hrtimer is initialized.

Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
---
 include/linux/hrtimer.h | 6 +++---
 kernel/time/hrtimer.c   | 9 +++++----
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/hrtimer.h b/include/linux/hrtimer.h
index 931ce9c89c93..4e6a8841dcbe 100644
--- a/include/linux/hrtimer.h
+++ b/include/linux/hrtimer.h
@@ -361,11 +361,11 @@ extern void hrtimer_start_range_ns(struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t tim,
 				   u64 range_ns, const enum hrtimer_mode mode);
 
 /**
- * hrtimer_start - (re)start an hrtimer on the current CPU
+ * hrtimer_start - (re)start an hrtimer
  * @timer:	the timer to be added
  * @tim:	expiry time
- * @mode:	expiry mode: absolute (HRTIMER_MODE_ABS) or
- *		relative (HRTIMER_MODE_REL)
+ * @mode:	timer mode: absolute (HRTIMER_MODE_ABS) or
+ *		relative (HRTIMER_MODE_REL), and pinned (HRTIMER_MODE_PINNED)
  */
 static inline void hrtimer_start(struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t tim,
 				 const enum hrtimer_mode mode)
diff --git a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
index 74a64db375d1..ae7b29c4e03e 100644
--- a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
@@ -924,12 +924,12 @@ static inline ktime_t hrtimer_update_lowres(struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t tim,
 }
 
 /**
- * hrtimer_start_range_ns - (re)start an hrtimer on the current CPU
+ * hrtimer_start_range_ns - (re)start an hrtimer
  * @timer:	the timer to be added
  * @tim:	expiry time
  * @delta_ns:	"slack" range for the timer
- * @mode:	expiry mode: absolute (HRTIMER_MODE_ABS) or
- *		relative (HRTIMER_MODE_REL)
+ * @mode:	timer mode: absolute (HRTIMER_MODE_ABS) or
+ *		relative (HRTIMER_MODE_REL), and pinned (HRTIMER_MODE_PINNED)
  */
 void hrtimer_start_range_ns(struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t tim,
 			    u64 delta_ns, const enum hrtimer_mode mode)
@@ -1107,7 +1107,8 @@ static void __hrtimer_init(struct hrtimer *timer, clockid_t clock_id,
  * hrtimer_init - initialize a timer to the given clock
  * @timer:	the timer to be initialized
  * @clock_id:	the clock to be used
- * @mode:	timer mode abs/rel
+ * @mode:	timer mode: absolute (HRTIMER_MODE_ABS) or
+ *		relative (HRTIMER_MODE_REL); pinned is not considered here!
  */
 void hrtimer_init(struct hrtimer *timer, clockid_t clock_id,
 		  enum hrtimer_mode mode)
-- 
2.11.0