linux-kernel - [PATCH] clocksourc: Fix the comments to __clocksource_register

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Date:   Sat,  6 Mar 2021 20:57:10 +0800
From:   Hailong Liu <liuhailongg6@....com>
To:     John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Hailong Liu <liu.hailong6@....com.cn>
Subject: [PATCH] clocksourc: Fix the comments to __clocksource_register_scale

From: Hailong Liu <liu.hailong6@....com.cn>

The return value of __clocksource_register_scale() is awlays 0, which does
not match the comments.

Signed-off-by: Hailong Liu <liu.hailong6@....com.cn>
---
 kernel/time/clocksource.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
index cce484a2cc7c..1e1b5df724f4 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__clocksource_update_freq_scale);
  * @scale:	Scale factor multiplied against freq to get clocksource hz
  * @freq:	clocksource frequency (cycles per second) divided by scale
  *
- * Returns -EBUSY if registration fails, zero otherwise.
+ * Returns 0 always.
  *
  * This *SHOULD NOT* be called directly! Please use the
  * clocksource_register_hz() or clocksource_register_khz helper functions.
-- 
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