linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/9] clocksource/cadence_ttc: Store timer frequency in driver data

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Message-ID: <52B1B6FF.7000400@linaro.org>
Date:	Wed, 18 Dec 2013 15:53:51 +0100
From:	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
To:	Sören Brinkmann <soren.brinkmann@...inx.com>,
	Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/9] clocksource/cadence_ttc: Store timer frequency
 in driver data

On 12/17/2013 08:21 PM, Sören Brinkmann wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
>
> On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 05:04:50PM -0800, Soren Brinkmann wrote:
>> It is not allowed to call clk_get_rate() from interrupt context. To
>> avoid such calls the timer input frequency is stored in the driver's
>> data struct which makes it accessible to the driver in any context.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Soren Brinkmann <soren.brinkmann@...inx.com>
>> Acked-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
>
> I doubt that we'll resolve all issues with this series before the
> holidays or even the next merge window. Could you take this patch into
> your tree for 3.14? It is not directly related to the cpufreq work and
> fixes an actual issue that triggers a kernel WARN under some condition
> (I missed preserving the details and the trace). That would take the
> easy stuff out of the way and we can focus on the more controversial
> changes.

You are asking to take it for 3.14 but shouldn't it go as a 3.13 fix ?

   -- Daniel

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