Re: [patch 11/45] posix-cpu-timers: Remove incorrect comment in posix_cpu_timer_set()

[Frederic Weisbecker]

On Tue, Jun 06, 2023 at 04:37:36PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> A leftover from historical code which describes fiction.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>


> ---
>  kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c |    7 +------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> --- a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
> @@ -704,13 +704,8 @@ static int posix_cpu_timer_set(struct k_
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> +	/* Retry if the timer expiry is running concurrently */
>  	if (unlikely(ret)) {
> -		/*
> -		 * We are colliding with the timer actually firing.
> -		 * Punt after filling in the timer's old value, and
> -		 * disable this firing since we are already reporting
> -		 * it as an overrun (thanks to bump_cpu_timer above).
> -		 */
>  		unlock_task_sighand(p, &flags);
>  		goto out;
>  	}
>