linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] clk: provide public clk_is

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Message-ID: <20131005202430.GI10079@pengutronix.de>
Date:	Sat, 5 Oct 2013 22:24:30 +0200
From:	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To:	Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>,
	Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia@...e-electrons.com>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	Mike Turquette <mturquette@...aro.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clk: provide public clk_is_enabled function

On Fri, Oct 04, 2013 at 12:08:30PM +0200, Sebastian Hesselbarth wrote:
> To determine if a clk has been previously enabled, provide a public
> clk_is_enabled function. This is especially helpful to check the state
> of clk-gate without actually changing the state of the gate.
I wonder what you want to do with the return value.

When doing

	if (clk_is_enabled(someclk))
		do_something();

you cannot in general know if the clock is still on when you start to
do_something.

Best regards
Uwe

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