The hrtimer_start[_range_ns]() starts a timer reliable on this CPU only
when HRTIMER_MODE_PINNED is set. Furthermore the HRTIMER_MODE_PINNED mode
is not considered, when a hrtimer is initialized.
Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-ma...@linutronix.de>
---
include/linux/hrtimer.h | 6 +++---
kernel/time/hrtimer.c | 9 +++++----
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/hrtimer.h b/include/linux/hrtimer.h
index 931ce9c89c93..4e6a8841dcbe 100644
--- a/include/linux/hrtimer.h
+++ b/include/linux/hrtimer.h
@@ -361,11 +361,11 @@ extern void hrtimer_start_range_ns(struct hrtimer *timer,
ktime_t tim,
u64 range_ns, const enum hrtimer_mode mode);
/**
- * hrtimer_start - (re)start an hrtimer on the current CPU
+ * hrtimer_start - (re)start an hrtimer
* @timer: the timer to be added
* @tim: expiry time
- * @mode: expiry mode: absolute (HRTIMER_MODE_ABS) or
- * relative (HRTIMER_MODE_REL)
+ * @mode: timer mode: absolute (HRTIMER_MODE_ABS) or
+ * relative (HRTIMER_MODE_REL), and pinned (HRTIMER_MODE_PINNED)
*/
static inline void hrtimer_start(struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t tim,
const enum hrtimer_mode mode)
diff --git a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
index 74a64db375d1..ae7b29c4e03e 100644
--- a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
@@ -924,12 +924,12 @@ static inline ktime_t hrtimer_update_lowres(struct
hrtimer *timer, ktime_t tim,
}
/**
- * hrtimer_start_range_ns - (re)start an hrtimer on the current CPU
+ * hrtimer_start_range_ns - (re)start an hrtimer
* @timer: the timer to be added
* @tim: expiry time
* @delta_ns: "slack" range for the timer
- * @mode: expiry mode: absolute (HRTIMER_MODE_ABS) or
- * relative (HRTIMER_MODE_REL)
+ * @mode: timer mode: absolute (HRTIMER_MODE_ABS) or
+ * relative (HRTIMER_MODE_REL), and pinned (HRTIMER_MODE_PINNED)
*/
void hrtimer_start_range_ns(struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t tim,
u64 delta_ns, const enum hrtimer_mode mode)
@@ -1107,7 +1107,8 @@ static void __hrtimer_init(struct hrtimer *timer,
clockid_t clock_id,
* hrtimer_init - initialize a timer to the given clock
* @timer: the timer to be initialized
* @clock_id: the clock to be used
- * @mode: timer mode abs/rel
+ * @mode: timer mode: absolute (HRTIMER_MODE_ABS) or
+ * relative (HRTIMER_MODE_REL); pinned is not considered here!
*/
void hrtimer_init(struct hrtimer *timer, clockid_t clock_id,
enum hrtimer_mode mode)
--
2.11.0
