linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/8] sched/core: Avoid direct access to hrtimer clockbase

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Message-Id: <20250812-hrtimer-cleanup-get_time-v1-3-b962cd9d9385@linutronix.de>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 08:08:11 +0200
From: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
To: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>, 
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Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-sound@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-media@...r.kernel.org, 
 Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH 3/8] sched/core: Avoid direct access to hrtimer clockbase

The field timer->base->get_time is a private implementation detail and
should not be accessed outside of the hrtimer core.

Switch to the equivalent helper.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
---
 kernel/sched/core.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index be00629f0ba4cc5832189c0052b0b632deb4ea2e..4dc12838ad4fdf086b3f3f1168072d6301f51aa3 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ void hrtick_start(struct rq *rq, u64 delay)
 	 * doesn't make sense and can cause timer DoS.
 	 */
 	delta = max_t(s64, delay, 10000LL);
-	rq->hrtick_time = ktime_add_ns(timer->base->get_time(), delta);
+	rq->hrtick_time = ktime_add_ns(hrtimer_cb_get_time(timer), delta);
 
 	if (rq == this_rq())
 		__hrtick_restart(rq);

-- 
2.50.1