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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	"Richard Cochran" <richardcochran@gmail.com>,
	"Christopher Hall" <christopher.s.hall@intel.com>,
	"John Stultz" <jstultz@google.com>,
	"Frederic Weisbecker" <frederic@kernel.org>,
	"Anna-Maria Behnsen" <anna-maria@linutronix.de>,
	"Miroslav Lichvar" <mlichvar@redhat.com>,
	"Werner Abt" <werner.abt@meinberg-usa.com>,
	"David Woodhouse" <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
	"Stephen Boyd" <sboyd@kernel.org>,
	"Thomas Weißschuh" <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de>,
	"Kurt Kanzenbach" <kurt@linutronix.de>,
	"Nam Cao" <namcao@linutronix.de>,
	"Antoine Tenart" <atenart@kernel.org>
Subject: [patch V2 02/26] timekeeping: Cleanup kernel doc of __ktime_get_real_seconds()
Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 10:33:16 +0200 (CEST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250519083025.715836017@linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20250519082042.742926976@linutronix.de

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.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)
 {


  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-05-19  8:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 57+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-05-19  8:33 [patch V2 00/26] timekeeping: Provide support for auxiliary timekeepers Thomas Gleixner
2025-05-19  8:33 ` [patch V2 01/26] timekeeping: Remove hardcoded access to tk_core Thomas Gleixner
2025-06-12 22:34   ` John Stultz
2025-06-25 16:16   ` [tip: timers/ptp] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2025-05-19  8:33 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2025-06-12 22:36   ` [patch V2 02/26] timekeeping: Cleanup kernel doc of __ktime_get_real_seconds() John Stultz
2025-06-25 16:16   ` [tip: timers/ptp] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2025-05-19  8:33 ` [patch V2 03/26] timekeeping: Avoid double notification in do_adjtimex() Thomas Gleixner
2025-06-25 16:16   ` [tip: timers/ptp] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2025-05-19  8:33 ` [patch V2 04/26] timekeeping: Introduce timekeeper ID Thomas Gleixner
2025-06-13  0:03   ` John Stultz
2025-06-25 16:16   ` [tip: timers/ptp] " tip-bot2 for Anna-Maria Behnsen
2025-05-19  8:33 ` [patch V2 05/26] time: Introduce auxiliary POSIX clocks Thomas Gleixner
2025-06-13  0:06   ` John Stultz
2025-06-25 16:16   ` [tip: timers/ptp] " tip-bot2 for Anna-Maria Behnsen
2025-05-19  8:33 ` [patch V2 06/26] ntp: Add support for auxiliary timekeepers Thomas Gleixner
2025-06-13  0:14   ` John Stultz
2025-06-13  6:32   ` Thomas Weißschuh
2025-06-25 16:16   ` [tip: timers/ptp] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2025-05-19  8:33 ` [patch V2 07/26] ntp: Add timekeeper ID arguments to public functions Thomas Gleixner
2025-06-13  0:20   ` John Stultz
2025-06-25 16:16   ` [tip: timers/ptp] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2025-05-19  8:33 ` [patch V2 08/26] ntp: Rename __do_adjtimex() to ntp_adjtimex() Thomas Gleixner
2025-06-13  0:20   ` John Stultz
2025-06-25 16:16   ` [tip: timers/ptp] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2025-05-19  8:33 ` [patch V2 09/26] timekeeping: Make __timekeeping_advance() reusable Thomas Gleixner
2025-06-13  0:23   ` John Stultz
2025-06-25 16:16   ` [tip: timers/ptp] " tip-bot2 for Anna-Maria Behnsen
2025-05-19  8:33 ` [patch V2 10/26] timekeeping: Prepare timekeeping_update_from_shadow() Thomas Gleixner
2025-06-25 16:16   ` [tip: timers/ptp] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2025-05-19  8:33 ` [patch V2 11/26] timekeeping: Add clock_valid flag to timekeeper Thomas Gleixner
2025-06-13  4:05   ` John Stultz
2025-06-25 16:15   ` [tip: timers/ptp] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2025-05-19  8:33 ` [patch V2 12/26] timekeeping: Introduce auxiliary timekeepers Thomas Gleixner
2025-06-14  2:41   ` John Stultz
2025-06-25 16:15   ` [tip: timers/ptp] " tip-bot2 for Anna-Maria Behnsen
2025-05-19  8:33 ` [patch V2 13/26] timekeeping: Provide ktime_get_ntp_seconds() Thomas Gleixner
2025-06-25 16:15   ` [tip: timers/ptp] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2025-05-19  8:33 ` [patch V2 14/26] ntp: Use ktime_get_ntp_seconds() Thomas Gleixner
2025-06-25 16:15   ` [tip: timers/ptp] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2025-05-19  8:33 ` [patch V2 15/26] timekeeping: Add AUX offset to struct timekeeper Thomas Gleixner
2025-06-14  2:44   ` John Stultz
2025-06-25 16:15   ` [tip: timers/ptp] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2025-05-19  8:33 ` [patch V2 16/26] timekeeping: Update auxiliary timekeepers on clocksource change Thomas Gleixner
2025-05-19  8:33 ` [patch V2 17/26] timekeeping: Provide time getters for auxiliary clocks Thomas Gleixner
2025-06-14  2:51   ` John Stultz
2025-06-14  7:18     ` Thomas Gleixner
2025-05-19  8:33 ` [patch V2 18/26] timekeeping: Add minimal posix-timers support " Thomas Gleixner
2025-05-19  8:33 ` [patch V2 19/26] timekeeping: Provide time setter " Thomas Gleixner
2025-05-19  8:33 ` [patch V2 20/26] timekeeping: Make timekeeping_inject_offset() reusable Thomas Gleixner
2025-05-19  8:33 ` [patch V2 21/26] timekeeping: Add auxiliary clock support to __timekeeping_inject_offset() Thomas Gleixner
2025-05-19  8:33 ` [patch V2 22/26] timekeeping: Make do_adjtimex() reusable Thomas Gleixner
2025-05-19  8:33 ` [patch V2 23/26] timekeeping: Prepare do_adtimex() for auxiliary clocks Thomas Gleixner
2025-05-19  8:33 ` [patch V2 24/26] timekeeping: Provide adjtimex() " Thomas Gleixner
2025-05-19  8:33 ` [patch V2 25/26] timekeeping: Provide update for auxiliary timekeepers Thomas Gleixner
2025-05-19  8:33 ` [patch V2 26/26] timekeeping: Provide interface to control auxiliary clocks Thomas Gleixner
2025-06-13  7:18   ` Thomas Weißschuh

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