Re: [PATCH timers/core v1] clocksource: Align clocksource watchdog constraints with Kconfig value

From: Thomas Gleixner

Date: Mon Mar 23 2026 - 16:00:26 EST


On Mon, Mar 23 2026 at 13:28, connordw@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 20 2026 at 17:58 (+0100), Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>> The only valid "fix" is to delete the dead code and not to polish it,
>> but that's pretty moot as it is harmless and already scheduled for
>> removal in 7.1 due to:
>>
>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?h=timers/core
>
> Please withdraw my patch. Thanks for your response, I wasn't aware that
> despite cs->uncertainty_margin being set when CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG=n it
> wasn't subsequently being read anywhere upstream. Since this logic will be
> removed in v7.1 anyway this patch is indeed pointless.
>
> Apologies for the noise,

Nothing to apologize for.