linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv4 08/10] clocksource: sun4i: Remove TIMER

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1307062301481.32106@ionos.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:	Sat, 6 Jul 2013 23:07:21 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>
cc:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Emilio Lopez <emilio@...pez.com.ar>, kevin.z.m.zh@...il.com,
	sunny@...winnertech.com, shuge@...winnertech.com,
	linux-sunxi@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 08/10] clocksource: sun4i: Remove TIMER_SCAL variable

On Sat, 6 Jul 2013, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 06, 2013 at 01:17:41AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > I really recommend that you go out for lots of beer/wine NOW and
> > resume reading this mail when you recovered from that.
> > 
> > I definitely appreciate your responsivness to feedback, but please go
> > back and read my reply to the previous version of this patch
> > carefully. You might eventually find out that I pointed you to another
> > redundant clk_get_rate() call in that code.
> > 
> > After you did this, please go through the other patches in that series
> > and check how many new instances of clk_get_rate() calls you add down
> > the road. I did not even bother to look whether you cleaned it up
> > between v3 and v4, but I'm quite sure you did not. If I'm wrong, I owe
> > you a beer at the next conference.
> 
> Wow, you really want me to drink, do you? :)

Taking a break really helps :)

> Actually, I did clean up. The other user you spotted that was previously
> introduced in the patch 4/10, and if you take a look at it, you'll see
> that it actually uses the rate variable like you suggested.

Ah, missed that :)
 
> Now, your mail made me realize that patch 10 introduced a direct
> clk_get_rate call, that I forgot to cleanup. After applying these
> patches, it's the only user left.

So no beer for you!
 
> I'll send a v5. Do you have any additionnal comments on those patches to
> avoid wasting more electrons?

No, I just wanted to make you aware that sending patches faster than I
can review them is not really helpful, unless the fast new version is
perfect. 

Thanks,

	tglx
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