linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 3/6] clk: introduce the common clock framework

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:53:24 +0800
From:	Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@...aro.org>
To:	Saravana Kannan <skannan@...eaurora.org>
Cc:	"Turquette, Mike" <mturquette@...com>,
	Rob Herring <robherring2@...il.com>, andrew@...n.ch,
	linaro-dev@...ts.linaro.org, eric.miao@...aro.org,
	grant.likely@...retlab.ca, amit.kucheria@...aro.org,
	jeremy.kerr@...onical.com, linux@....linux.org.uk,
	sboyd@...cinc.com, magnus.damm@...il.com, dsaxena@...aro.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, arnd.bergmann@...aro.org,
	patches@...aro.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, richard.zhao@...aro.org,
	shawn.guo@...escale.com, paul@...an.com,
	linus.walleij@...ricsson.com, broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Colin Cross <ccross@...gle.com>,
	Richard Zhao <richard.zhao@...escale.com>, skannan@...cinc.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/6] clk: introduce the common clock framework

On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 04:04:23PM -0800, Saravana Kannan wrote:
> While the original clk_hw suggestion was well intentioned, it just
> forces too many unnecessary dereferences and indirection. It also
> prevents static init of some fields as others have mentioned.
> Overall, it made the MSM clock code a mess when I tried to convert
> it to the common clock framework during Linaro Connect Q4 2011.
> 
> The current off-tree MSM clock code uses a very similar approach to
> what the original patches that Jeremy sent out did. When Mike sent
> out the patches that removed clk_hw, the MSM code was much clearer
> and easier to convert to the common clock framework.
> 
I share the same feeling with migrating imx6 clock support to v2 and
v3 of this series.  (v2 uses clk_hw, and v3 removes clk_hw.)

-- 
Regards,
Shawn
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/