linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv3 01/10] clocksource: add generic dummy timer driver

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Date:	Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:13:17 -0700
From:	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
To:	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
CC:	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 01/10] clocksource: add generic dummy timer driver

On 03/21/13 11:09, Mark Rutland wrote:
> Hi Stephen,
>
> I've just been trying to test the dummy timer, and realised it's broken, as it
> registers a cpu notifier from a device_initcall (after SMP's been brought up),
> and doesn't ensure all active CPUs have been set up. Evidently no-one else has
> attempted to test it thus far, and I'm not able to throughly test it at the
> moment.

Would it be sufficient to register as a pre-smp initcall?

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