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posix-timers: Document sys_clock_settime() permissions in place
The documentation of sys_clock_settime() permissions is at a random place and mostly word salad. Remove it and add a concise comment into sys_clock_settime(). Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230425183313.514700292@linutronix.de
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@ -74,13 +74,6 @@ static const struct k_clock clock_realtime, clock_monotonic;
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* following: 1.) The k_itimer struct (sched.h) is used for
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* the timer. 2.) The list, it_lock, it_clock, it_id and
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* it_pid fields are not modified by timer code.
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*
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* Permissions: It is assumed that the clock_settime() function defined
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* for each clock will take care of permission checks. Some
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* clocks may be set able by any user (i.e. local process
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* clocks) others not. Currently the only set able clock we
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* have is CLOCK_REALTIME and its high res counter part, both of
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* which we beg off on and pass to do_sys_settimeofday().
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*/
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static struct k_itimer *__lock_timer(timer_t timer_id, unsigned long *flags);
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@ -1159,6 +1152,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(clock_settime, const clockid_t, which_clock,
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if (get_timespec64(&new_tp, tp))
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return -EFAULT;
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/*
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* Permission checks have to be done inside the clock specific
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* setter callback.
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*/
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return kc->clock_set(which_clock, &new_tp);
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}
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