linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v3 2/3] clocksource: Add NPS400 timers driver

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Date:	Wed, 10 Feb 2016 08:01:45 +0000
From:	Noam Camus <noamc@...hip.com>
To:	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	"linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"marc.zyngier@....com" <marc.zyngier@....com>,
	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...hip.com>,
	Tal Zilcer <talz@...hip.com>,
	Gilad Ben Yossef <giladb@...hip.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v3 2/3] clocksource: Add NPS400 timers driver

>From: Daniel Lezcano [mailto:daniel.lezcano@...aro.org] 
>Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 12:55 AM

>> pr_err() in case of error just like most drivers around. By "hang" do 
>> you mean calling panic()?

>No. I meant the errors are caught but no action is taken, the execution continues normally as nothing wrong happened. This is why I asked if you expect the host to hang at boot time with the last error as a hint.

>I was expecting to see a call to clk_disable_unprepare if clocksource_register_hz fails, and returning 'ret' if clk_prepare_enable fails.
Ok, I will fix that, and handle gracefull return. Thanks


>Using the mmio generic code will save:

>+static struct clocksource nps_counter = {
>+	.name	= "EZnps-tick",
>+	.rating = 301,
>+	.read   = nps_clksrc_read,
>+	.mask   = CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(32),
>+	.flags  = CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS,
>+};

>Up to you.
I will do that, thanks again

Noam

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