The following commit has been merged into the timers/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     bd803783dfa7ddd5e1d44a6abfeee26fdc3a2db7
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/bd803783dfa7ddd5e1d44a6abfeee26fdc3a2db7
Author:        Thomas Weißschuh (Schneider Electric) <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de>
AuthorDate:    Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:15:18 +01:00
Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
CommitterDate: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:15:55 +01:00

hrtimer: Drop unnecessary pointer indirection in hrtimer_expire_entry event

This pointer indirection is a remnant from when ktime_t was a struct,
today it is pointless.

Drop the pointer indirection.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh (Schneider Electric) <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260311-hrtimer-cleanups-v1-9-095357392669@linutronix.de
---
 include/trace/events/timer.h | 7 +++----
 kernel/time/hrtimer.c        | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/trace/events/timer.h b/include/trace/events/timer.h
index a54613f..07cbb98 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/timer.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/timer.h
@@ -254,14 +254,13 @@ TRACE_EVENT(hrtimer_start,
 /**
  * hrtimer_expire_entry - called immediately before the hrtimer callback
  * @hrtimer:	pointer to struct hrtimer
- * @now:	pointer to variable which contains current time of the
- *		timers base.
+ * @now:	variable which contains current time of the timers base.
  *
  * Allows to determine the timer latency.
  */
 TRACE_EVENT(hrtimer_expire_entry,
 
-	TP_PROTO(struct hrtimer *hrtimer, ktime_t *now),
+	TP_PROTO(struct hrtimer *hrtimer, ktime_t now),
 
 	TP_ARGS(hrtimer, now),
 
@@ -273,7 +272,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(hrtimer_expire_entry,
 
 	TP_fast_assign(
 		__entry->hrtimer	= hrtimer;
-		__entry->now		= *now;
+		__entry->now		= now;
 		__entry->function	= ACCESS_PRIVATE(hrtimer, function);
 	),
 
diff --git a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
index c7e7d3a..a71e2ca 100644
--- a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
@@ -1884,7 +1884,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hrtimer_active);
  * __run_hrtimer() invocations.
  */
 static void __run_hrtimer(struct hrtimer_cpu_base *cpu_base, struct hrtimer_clock_base *base,
-			  struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t *now, unsigned long flags)
+			  struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t now, unsigned long flags)
 	__must_hold(&cpu_base->lock)
 {
 	enum hrtimer_restart (*fn)(struct hrtimer *);
@@ -1989,7 +1989,7 @@ static void __hrtimer_run_queues(struct hrtimer_cpu_base *cpu_base, ktime_t now,
 			if (basenow < hrtimer_get_softexpires(timer))
 				break;
 
-			__run_hrtimer(cpu_base, base, timer, &basenow, flags);
+			__run_hrtimer(cpu_base, base, timer, basenow, flags);
 			if (active_mask == HRTIMER_ACTIVE_SOFT)
 				hrtimer_sync_wait_running(cpu_base, flags);
 		}