*/
DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct tick_device, tick_cpu_device);
/*
- * Tick next event: keeps track of the tick time
+ * Tick next event: keeps track of the tick time. It's updated by the
+ * CPU which handles the tick and protected by jiffies_lock. There is
+ * no requirement to write hold the jiffies seqcount for it.
*/
ktime_t tick_next_period;
ktime_t tick_period;
#if defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON) || defined(CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS)
/*
- * The time, when the last jiffy update happened. Protected by jiffies_lock.
+ * The time, when the last jiffy update happened. Write access must hold
+ * jiffies_lock and jiffies_seq. tick_nohz_next_event() needs to get a
+ * consistent view of jiffies and last_jiffies_update.
*/
static ktime_t last_jiffies_update;