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-rw-r--r--kernel/time/hrtimer.c8
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diff --git a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
index 76d4bd962b19..b1a74ee3e99a 100644
--- a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
@@ -801,6 +801,14 @@ void unlock_hrtimer_base(const struct hrtimer *timer, unsigned long *flags)
*
* Forward the timer expiry so it will expire in the future.
* Returns the number of overruns.
+ *
+ * Can be safely called from the callback function of @timer. If
+ * called from other contexts @timer must neither be enqueued nor
+ * running the callback and the caller needs to take care of
+ * serialization.
+ *
+ * Note: This only updates the timer expiry value and does not requeue
+ * the timer.
*/
u64 hrtimer_forward(struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t now, ktime_t interval)
{