timekeeping/clocksource_cyc2ns: Document intended range limitation
The "cycles" argument should not be an absolute clocksource cycle value, as the implementation's arithmetic will overflow relatively easily with wide (64 bit) clocksource counters. For performance, the implementation is simple and fast, since the function is intended for only relatively small delta values of clocksource cycles. [jstultz: Fixed up to merge against HEAD & commit message tweaks, also included rewording suggestion by Ingo] Signed-off-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@mellanox.com> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> Cc: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com> Cc: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1480372524-15181-4-git-send-email-john.stultz@linaro.orgSigned-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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