linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 4/5] clockevents: Add generic timer broadcast function

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Date:	Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:37:08 +0000
From:	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
To:	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux@....linux.org.uk" <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	"tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"nico@...aro.org" <nico@...aro.org>,
	Will Deacon <Will.Deacon@....com>,
	Marc Zyngier <Marc.Zyngier@....com>,
	"john.stultz@...aro.org" <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 4/5] clockevents: Add generic timer broadcast
 function

On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 10:17:13PM +0000, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> Minor nit
> 
> On 12/18/12 04:06, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
> > index c2dd022..ec22a80 100644
> > --- a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
> > +++ b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
> > @@ -86,6 +87,12 @@ int tick_is_broadcast_device(struct clock_event_device *dev)
> >  	return (dev && tick_broadcast_device.evtdev == dev);
> >  }
> >  
> > +static void err_broadcast(const struct cpumask *mask)
> > +{
> > +	pr_crit_once("Attempted to broadcast tick, but no broadcast mechanism "
> > +		     "present. Some CPUs may be unresponsive.");
> 
> This is missing a newline. You may also want to put the string on a
> single line so we can easily grep for it in the sources.

Whoops, fixed. I'll change both strings to be single line.

> > @@ -105,6 +112,14 @@ int tick_device_uses_broadcast(struct clock_event_device *dev, int cpu)
> >  	 */
> >  	if (!tick_device_is_functional(dev)) {
> >  		dev->event_handler = tick_handle_periodic;
> > +		if (!dev->broadcast)
> > +			dev->broadcast = tick_broadcast;
> > +		if (!dev->broadcast) {
> > +			pr_warn_once("%s depends on broadcast, but no "
> > +				     "broadcast function available\n",
> 
> Same one line comment here. I thought checkpatch didn't complain anymore.

In fact it actively warns. Not sure how I missed that.

Thanks,
Mark.


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