netdev - [patch V2 02/26] timekeeping: Cleanup kernel doc of __ktime_get_real

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Message-ID: <20250519083025.715836017@linutronix.de>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 10:33:16 +0200 (CEST)
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>,
 Christopher Hall <christopher.s.hall@...el.com>,
 John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>,
 Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
 Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>,
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 Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>,
 Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt@...utronix.de>,
 Nam Cao <namcao@...utronix.de>,
 Antoine Tenart <atenart@...nel.org>
Subject: [patch V2 02/26] timekeeping: Cleanup kernel doc of
 __ktime_get_real_seconds()

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 kernel/time/timekeeping.c |   11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -975,9 +975,14 @@ time64_t ktime_get_real_seconds(void)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ktime_get_real_seconds);
 
 /**
- * __ktime_get_real_seconds - The same as ktime_get_real_seconds
- * but without the sequence counter protect. This internal function
- * is called just when timekeeping lock is already held.
+ * __ktime_get_real_seconds - Unprotected access to CLOCK_REALTIME seconds
+ *
+ * The same as ktime_get_real_seconds() but without the sequence counter
+ * protection. This function is used in restricted contexts like the x86 MCE
+ * handler and in KGDB. It's unprotected on 32-bit vs. concurrent half
+ * completed modification and only to be used for such critical contexts.
+ *
+ * Returns: Racy snapshot of the CLOCK_REALTIME seconds value
  */
 noinstr time64_t __ktime_get_real_seconds(void)
 {