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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/clocksource.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/clocksource.h | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/clocksource.h b/include/linux/clocksource.h index 08398182f56e..65602d395a52 100644 --- a/include/linux/clocksource.h +++ b/include/linux/clocksource.h @@ -169,7 +169,10 @@ static inline u32 clocksource_hz2mult(u32 hz, u32 shift_constant) * @mult: cycle to nanosecond multiplier * @shift: cycle to nanosecond divisor (power of two) * - * Converts cycles to nanoseconds, using the given mult and shift. + * Converts clocksource cycles to nanoseconds, using the given @mult and @shift. + * The code is optimized for performance and is not intended to work + * with absolute clocksource cycles (as those will easily overflow), + * but is only intended to be used with relative (delta) clocksource cycles. * * XXX - This could use some mult_lxl_ll() asm optimization */ |