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Message-ID: <168712140048.404.10922527392953092181.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date:   Sun, 18 Jun 2023 20:50:00 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: timers/core] posix-timers: Document sys_clock_settime()
 permissions in place

The following commit has been merged into the timers/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     3561fcb402b7ab7fdb4c1746dae4995889506605
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/3561fcb402b7ab7fdb4c1746dae4995889506605
Author:        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
AuthorDate:    Tue, 25 Apr 2023 20:49:16 +02:00
Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitterDate: Sun, 18 Jun 2023 22:41:51 +02:00

posix-timers: Document sys_clock_settime() permissions in place

The documentation of sys_clock_settime() permissions is at a random place
and mostly word salad.

Remove it and add a concise comment into sys_clock_settime().

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230425183313.514700292@linutronix.de

---
 kernel/time/posix-timers.c | 11 ++++-------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
index 191ecf5..03ef6af 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
@@ -74,13 +74,6 @@ static const struct k_clock clock_realtime, clock_monotonic;
  *	    following: 1.) The k_itimer struct (sched.h) is used for
  *	    the timer.  2.) The list, it_lock, it_clock, it_id and
  *	    it_pid fields are not modified by timer code.
- *
- * Permissions: It is assumed that the clock_settime() function defined
- *	    for each clock will take care of permission checks.	 Some
- *	    clocks may be set able by any user (i.e. local process
- *	    clocks) others not.	 Currently the only set able clock we
- *	    have is CLOCK_REALTIME and its high res counter part, both of
- *	    which we beg off on and pass to do_sys_settimeofday().
  */
 static struct k_itimer *__lock_timer(timer_t timer_id, unsigned long *flags);
 
@@ -1159,6 +1152,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(clock_settime, const clockid_t, which_clock,
 	if (get_timespec64(&new_tp, tp))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
+	/*
+	 * Permission checks have to be done inside the clock specific
+	 * setter callback.
+	 */
 	return kc->clock_set(which_clock, &new_tp);
 }