linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 02/18] timer: Add comment to get_next_timer

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Date:   Wed,  1 Mar 2023 15:17:28 +0100
From:   Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     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>,
        Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH v5 02/18] timer: Add comment to get_next_timer_interrupt() description

get_next_timer_interrupt() does more than simply getting the next timer
interrupt. The timer bases are forwarded and also marked as idle whenever
possible.

To get not confused, add a comment to function description.

Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
---
v5: New patch, which adds only a comment to get_next_timer_interrupt()
instead of changing the function name
---
 kernel/time/timer.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index 63a8ce7177dd..ffb94bc3852f 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -1915,6 +1915,10 @@ static u64 cmp_next_hrtimer_event(u64 basem, u64 expires)
  * @basej:	base time jiffies
  * @basem:	base time clock monotonic
  *
+ * If required, base->clk is forwarded and base is also marked as
+ * idle. Idle handling of timer bases is allowed only to be done by CPU
+ * itself.
+ *
  * Returns the tick aligned clock monotonic time of the next pending
  * timer or KTIME_MAX if no timer is pending.
  */
-- 
2.30.2