linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 08/16] timer: Rename get_next_timer

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Message-ID: <20221107121301.GB4588@lothringen>
Date:   Mon, 7 Nov 2022 13:13:01 +0100
From:   Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
To:     Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
        "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 08/16] timer: Rename get_next_timer_interrupt()

On Fri, Nov 04, 2022 at 03:57:29PM +0100, Anna-Maria Behnsen wrote:
> get_next_timer_interrupt() does more than simply getting the next timer
> interrupt. The timer bases are forwarded and also marked as idle when
> possible and the next timer interrupt information is required for this.

Right but the main role of that function is really to get the next timer
interrupt, the rest is rather about internal details of an API.

So I'm not sure about that change.

Thanks.