Is CLOCKS_MASK macro obsolete?

From: Elliott, Robert (Servers)
Date: Thu Oct 14 2021 - 19:46:35 EST


The CLOCKS_MASK macro in include/uapi/linux/time.h seems broken; it's ORing together
two numbered values, one of which is 0. Perhaps these clock IDs started as a bitmask?
CLOCKS_MASK doesn't appear to be used anywhere in the kernel; nor does the adjacent
CLOCKS_MONO.

Should those macros be deleted?

Excerpt:
#define CLOCK_REALTIME 0
#define CLOCK_MONOTONIC 1
#define CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID 2
#define CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID 3
#define CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW 4
#define CLOCK_REALTIME_COARSE 5
#define CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE 6
#define CLOCK_BOOTTIME 7
#define CLOCK_REALTIME_ALARM 8
#define CLOCK_BOOTTIME_ALARM 9
/*
* The driver implementing this got removed. The clock ID is kept as a
* place holder. Do not reuse!
*/
#define CLOCK_SGI_CYCLE 10
#define CLOCK_TAI 11

#define MAX_CLOCKS 16
#define CLOCKS_MASK (CLOCK_REALTIME | CLOCK_MONOTONIC)
#define CLOCKS_MONO CLOCK_MONOTONIC