[{"id":3675203,"web_url":"http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/comment/3675203/","msgid":"<addxU8NybfBUyI68@pavilion.home>","list_archive_url":null,"date":"2026-04-09T09:28:51","subject":"Re: [patch V2 03/11] posix-timers: Expand timer_[re]arm() callbacks\n with a boolean return value","submitter":{"id":79411,"url":"http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/people/79411/","name":"Frederic Weisbecker","email":"frederic@kernel.org"},"content":"Le Wed, Apr 08, 2026 at 01:53:56PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner a écrit :\n> In order to catch expiry times which are already in the past the\n> timer_arm() and timer_rearm() callbacks need to be able to report back to\n> the caller whether the timer has been queued or not.\n> \n> Change the function signature and let all implementations return true for\n> now. While at it simplify posix_cpu_timer_rearm().\n> \n> No functional change intended.\n> \n> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>\n> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>\n> Acked-by: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com>\n> Cc: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@kernel.org>\n> Cc: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@linutronix.de>\n> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>\n\nReviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>","headers":{"Return-Path":"\n <netfilter-devel+bounces-11753-incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@vger.kernel.org>","X-Original-To":["incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org","netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org"],"Delivered-To":"patchwork-incoming@legolas.ozlabs.org","Authentication-Results":["legolas.ozlabs.org;\n\tdkim=pass (2048-bit key;\n unprotected) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.a=rsa-sha256\n header.s=k20201202 header.b=koYYWLOz;\n\tdkim-atps=neutral","legolas.ozlabs.org;\n spf=pass (sender SPF authorized) smtp.mailfrom=vger.kernel.org\n (client-ip=2600:3c04:e001:36c::12fc:5321; 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