Re: [PATCH] alarmtimer: Fix kerneldoc comment for alarmtimer_suspend()

From: Thomas Gleixner

Date: Tue Feb 24 2026 - 03:48:28 EST


On Thu, Feb 05 2026 at 16:51, Zhan Xusheng wrote:
> Updated comment to explain that `dev` is used for scheduling
> wake-up events.

That's just wrong.

> Signed-off-by: Zhan Xusheng <zhanxusheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/time/alarmtimer.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
> index 069d93bfb0c7..2548292b207d 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
> @@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(alarm_expires_remaining);
> #ifdef CONFIG_RTC_CLASS
> /**
> * alarmtimer_suspend - Suspend time callback
> - * @dev: unused
> + * @dev: the device that triggered the suspend, used for wake-up event

Which device triggered the suspend? Surely not @dev.

The code does not care about @dev as documented because it uses its
own mechanism to retrieve the wakeup RTC device.

So you replace a perfectly correct comment with incomprehensible
garbage. What's the improvement here?

Thanks,

tglx