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authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>2024-08-02 08:46:16 -0700
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2024-08-02 18:37:13 +0200
commitf33a5d4bd9c2e545857b2cf7481eb721bcab867c (patch)
treec71601dabd877364dc4b866183b2ef944b8cb985 /kernel/time
parent17915131ae4660658aa779f89e9f444319861561 (diff)
clocksource: Fix comments on WATCHDOG_THRESHOLD & WATCHDOG_MAX_SKEW
The WATCHDOG_THRESHOLD macro is no longer used to supply a default value for ->uncertainty_margin, but WATCHDOG_MAX_SKEW now is. Therefore, update the comments to reflect this change. Reported-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240802154618.4149953-3-paulmck@kernel.org
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/time')
-rw-r--r--kernel/time/clocksource.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
index 581cdbb53844..ee0ad5e4d517 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ static u64 suspend_start;
/*
* Threshold: 0.0312s, when doubled: 0.0625s.
- * Also a default for cs->uncertainty_margin when registering clocks.
*/
#define WATCHDOG_THRESHOLD (NSEC_PER_SEC >> 5)
@@ -139,6 +138,13 @@ static u64 suspend_start;
#define MAX_SKEW_USEC (125 * WATCHDOG_INTERVAL / HZ)
#endif
+/*
+ * Default for maximum permissible skew when cs->uncertainty_margin is
+ * not specified, and the lower bound even when cs->uncertainty_margin
+ * is specified. This is also the default that is used when registering
+ * clocks with unspecifed cs->uncertainty_margin, so this macro is used
+ * even in CONFIG_CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG=n kernels.
+ */
#define WATCHDOG_MAX_SKEW (MAX_SKEW_USEC * NSEC_PER_USEC)
#ifdef CONFIG_CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG