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@@ -1124,7 +1124,11 @@ ktime_t tick_nohz_get_next_hrtimer(void)
* tick_nohz_get_sleep_length - return the expected length of the current sleep
* @delta_next: duration until the next event if the tick cannot be stopped
*
- * Called from power state control code with interrupts disabled
+ * Called from power state control code with interrupts disabled.
+ *
+ * The return value of this function and/or the value returned by it through the
+ * @delta_next pointer can be negative which must be taken into account by its
+ * callers.
*/
ktime_t tick_nohz_get_sleep_length(ktime_t *delta_next)
{