linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 5/8] clocksource/drivers/arm_arch

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Date:   Tue, 6 Sep 2016 16:36:25 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Fu Wei <fu.wei@...aro.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 5/8] clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Simplify
 ACPI support code.

On Tue, 6 Sep 2016, fu.wei@...aro.org wrote:
> +	if (timer_count < 0)
> +		pr_err("Failed to get platform timer info, skipping.\n");

So this prints something about skipping. But then it continues as if
nothing went wrong. That's either wrong or confusing or both.

> -	arch_timer_init();
> -	return 0;
> +	return arch_timer_init();

Thanks,

	tglx