[PATCH 1/2] timekeeping: Remove the unused ktime_get_clock_ts64()

From: Thomas Weißschuh (Schneider Electric)

Date: Fri Jul 31 2026 - 10:27:19 EST


The last user was removed in commit a6d799608e6a ("ptp: Switch to
ktime_get_snapshot_id() for pre/post timestamps").

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh (Schneider Electric) <thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/timekeeping.h | 1 -
kernel/time/timekeeping.c | 34 ----------------------------------
2 files changed, 35 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/timekeeping.h b/include/linux/timekeeping.h
index b4191a873c39..ca4a881e622f 100644
--- a/include/linux/timekeeping.h
+++ b/include/linux/timekeeping.h
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ extern void ktime_get_ts64(struct timespec64 *ts);
extern void ktime_get_real_ts64(struct timespec64 *tv);
extern void ktime_get_coarse_ts64(struct timespec64 *ts);
extern void ktime_get_coarse_real_ts64(struct timespec64 *ts);
-extern void ktime_get_clock_ts64(clockid_t id, struct timespec64 *ts);

/* Multigrain timestamp interfaces */
extern void ktime_get_coarse_real_ts64_mg(struct timespec64 *ts);
diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index 97db2e9393f9..29b2a38b27b4 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -1937,40 +1937,6 @@ void ktime_get_raw_ts64(struct timespec64 *ts)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ktime_get_raw_ts64);

-/**
- * ktime_get_clock_ts64 - Returns time of a clock in a timespec
- * @id: POSIX clock ID of the clock to read
- * @ts: Pointer to the timespec64 to be set
- *
- * The timestamp is invalidated (@ts->sec is set to -1) if the
- * clock @id is not available.
- */
-void ktime_get_clock_ts64(clockid_t id, struct timespec64 *ts)
-{
- /* Invalidate time stamp */
- ts->tv_sec = -1;
- ts->tv_nsec = 0;
-
- switch (id) {
- case CLOCK_REALTIME:
- ktime_get_real_ts64(ts);
- return;
- case CLOCK_MONOTONIC:
- ktime_get_ts64(ts);
- return;
- case CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW:
- ktime_get_raw_ts64(ts);
- return;
- case CLOCK_AUX ... CLOCK_AUX_LAST:
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_POSIX_AUX_CLOCKS))
- ktime_get_aux_ts64(id, ts);
- return;
- default:
- WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
- }
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ktime_get_clock_ts64);
-
/**
* timekeeping_valid_for_hres - Check if timekeeping is suitable for hres
*/

--
2.55.0