[PATCH] time/sched_clock: Use ACCESS_PRIVATE() to evaluate hrtimer::function

From: Thomas Gleixner

Date: Tue Jan 13 2026 - 09:01:50 EST


This dereference of sched_clock_timer::function was missed when the
hrtimer callback function pointer was marked private.

Fixes: 04257da0c99c ("hrtimers: Make callback function pointer private")
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202601131713.KsxhXQ0M-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
---
kernel/time/sched_clock.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
+++ b/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ void sched_clock_register(u64 (*read)(vo

update_clock_read_data(&rd);

- if (sched_clock_timer.function != NULL) {
+ if (ACCESS_PRIVATE(sched_clock_timer, function) != NULL)) {
/* update timeout for clock wrap */
hrtimer_start(&sched_clock_timer, cd.wrap_kt,
HRTIMER_MODE_REL_HARD);