From: Jiangshan Yi <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 31, 2026 8:32 PM > > 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 few comments out of date.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 <[email protected]> > --- > 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); > -- > 2.25.1 >
Thanks for cleaning up after my changes! Reviewed-by: Michael Kelley <[email protected]>

