linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] Clocklib: add generic framework for managing clocks.

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Date:	Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:33:51 +0300
From:	Dmitry <dbaryshkov@...il.com>
To:	"Haavard Skinnemoen" <haavard.skinnemoen@...el.com>
Cc:	"Russell King" <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	hskinnemoen@...el.com, lethal@...ux-sh.org, tony@...mide.com,
	paul@...an.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Clocklib: add generic framework for managing clocks.

Hi,

2008/3/27, Haavard Skinnemoen <haavard.skinnemoen@...el.com>:
> On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:08:37 +0300
>
> Dmitry <dbaryshkov@...il.com> wrote:
>
>
> > I like this idea! This would also allow to cleanup the references code, etc.
>
>
> Great!
>
>
>  > Also after I saw such refactored struct clk, I thought that it looks
>  > nearly like kobject. Maybe we should switch to the kobject-based
>  > structs? What do you think?
>
>
> I think that would be overkill. We should try to keep this stuff as
>  lightweight as possible, and I'm not sure if we can give the kobject
>  "parent" field the meaning we want it to have...or use the kref thing
>  to do something unrelated to object lifecycle management (i.e. we don't
>  want to destroy the object when the refcount goes to zero, we just want
>  to stop the clock.)

ACK. Then I'll repost the updated patchset later.

-- 
With best wishes
Dmitry
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