[PATCH] x86/hyperv: Fix stale comments after stimer message mode removal
From: Jiangshan Yi
Date: Mon Aug 31 2026 - 23:33:05 EST
The removal of stimer message mode in commit be0cfab740e5 ("clocksource:
hyper-v: Remove support for stimer interrupts in message mode") left a
few comments out of date. hv_stimer_setup_percpu_clockev() picked up two
typos ("afters", "to allows"), and the hv_synic_suspend() comment still
references the deleted hv_stimer_legacy_cleanup(), the legacy non-Direct
Mode configuration, and clockevents_unbind_device(), which is no longer
on the cleanup path.
Update the typos and rewrite the hv_synic_suspend() comment to describe
the current Direct Mode path: non-boot CPU stimers are cleaned up via
the cpuhp teardown callback hv_stimer_cleanup(), and CPU0's stimer is
left alone because it is harmless (interrupts stay disabled across the
suspend/resume window) and is shut down later by the timekeeping code.
Signed-off-by: Jiangshan Yi <yijiangshan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c | 4 ++--
drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c | 18 +++++++-----------
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c b/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c
index 0b4a1c0b0b16..690f95295ee4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c
+++ b/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ static void __init hv_stimer_setup_percpu_clockev(void)
int ret;
/*
- * Continue afters errors in setting up stimer clockevents
+ * Continue after errors in setting up stimer clockevents
* as we can run with the LAPIC timer as a fallback.
*/
ret = hv_stimer_alloc(false);
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ static void __init hv_stimer_setup_percpu_clockev(void)
pr_warn("stimer setup failed with error %d\n", ret);
/*
- * Still register the LAPIC timer to allows users
+ * Still register the LAPIC timer to allow users
* to switch to LAPIC timer via /sys, if they want to.
*/
if (old_setup_percpu_clockev)
diff --git a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
index 5ebdbe24b5a1..c1edc3a5b673 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
@@ -2923,23 +2923,19 @@ static void hv_crash_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
static int hv_synic_suspend(void *data)
{
/*
- * When we reach here, all the non-boot CPUs have been offlined.
- * If we're in a legacy configuration where stimer Direct Mode is
- * not enabled, the stimers on the non-boot CPUs have been unbound
- * in hv_synic_cleanup() -> hv_stimer_legacy_cleanup() ->
- * hv_stimer_cleanup() -> clockevents_unbind_device().
+ * When we reach here, all the non-boot CPUs have been offlined,
+ * and their stimers have been cleaned up by the cpuhp teardown
+ * callback hv_stimer_cleanup().
*
* hv_synic_suspend() only runs on CPU0 with interrupts disabled.
- * Here we do not call hv_stimer_legacy_cleanup() on CPU0 because:
- * 1) it's unnecessary as interrupts remain disabled between
- * syscore_suspend() and syscore_resume(): see create_image() and
+ * The stimer on CPU0 is not explicitly cleaned up here because:
+ * 1) it's harmless as interrupts remain disabled between
+ * syscore_suspend() and syscore_resume(), so the stimer cannot
+ * fire during this window: see create_image() and
* resume_target_kernel()
* 2) the stimer on CPU0 is automatically disabled later by
* syscore_suspend() -> timekeeping_suspend() -> tick_suspend() -> ...
* -> clockevents_shutdown() -> ... -> hv_ce_shutdown()
- * 3) a warning would be triggered if we call
- * clockevents_unbind_device(), which may sleep, in an
- * interrupts-disabled context.
*/
hv_hyp_synic_disable_regs(0);
--
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