linux-kernel - [tip: timers/core] hrtimer: Remove public definition of HIGH_RES

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Message-ID: <176829880997.510.13064294720517244532.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 10:06:49 -0000
From: tip-bot2 for Thomas Weißschuh <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc: thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...nel.org>,
 x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: timers/core] hrtimer: Remove public definition of HIGH_RES_NSEC

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

Commit-ID:     84663a5ad6333e8dcb57be9bb113f592e05b33c6
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/84663a5ad6333e8dcb57be9bb113f592e05b33c6
Author:        Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
AuthorDate:    Wed, 07 Jan 2026 11:36:57 +01:00
Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 11:05:48 +01:00

hrtimer: Remove public definition of HIGH_RES_NSEC

This constant is only used in a single place and is has a very generic
name polluting the global namespace.

Move the constant closer to its only user.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...nel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260107-hrtimer-header-cleanup-v1-2-1a698ef0ddae@linutronix.de
---
 include/linux/hrtimer_defs.h | 12 ------------
 kernel/time/hrtimer.c        |  8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/hrtimer_defs.h b/include/linux/hrtimer_defs.h
index e0280d8..02b010d 100644
--- a/include/linux/hrtimer_defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/hrtimer_defs.h
@@ -6,18 +6,6 @@
 #include <linux/timerqueue.h>
 #include <linux/seqlock.h>
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS
-
-/*
- * The resolution of the clocks. The resolution value is returned in
- * the clock_getres() system call to give application programmers an
- * idea of the (in)accuracy of timers. Timer values are rounded up to
- * this resolution values.
- */
-# define HIGH_RES_NSEC		1
-
-#endif
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
 # define __hrtimer_clock_base_align	____cacheline_aligned
 #else
diff --git a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
index f8ea8c8..2d319f8 100644
--- a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
@@ -50,6 +50,14 @@
 #include "tick-internal.h"
 
 /*
+ * The resolution of the clocks. The resolution value is returned in
+ * the clock_getres() system call to give application programmers an
+ * idea of the (in)accuracy of timers. Timer values are rounded up to
+ * this resolution values.
+ */
+#define HIGH_RES_NSEC		1
+
+/*
  * Masks for selecting the soft and hard context timers from
  * cpu_base->active
  */