linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] clocksource: arch_arm_timer: Fix timecounter initialization

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Message-ID: <5399EA29.7090302@codeaurora.org>
Date:	Thu, 12 Jun 2014 10:58:01 -0700
From:	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
To:	"Li.Xiubo@...escale.com" <Li.Xiubo@...escale.com>
CC:	Marc Zyngier <Marc.Zyngier@....com>,
	"tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"daniel.lezcano@...aro.org" <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clocksource: arch_arm_timer: Fix timecounter initialization

On 06/12/14 00:45, Li.Xiubo@...escale.com wrote:
>
> And if so, why not just set it to 0 ? And by the way, 0 is must here ?
>
>

I would just set it to 0 and be done with it. But all of this doesn't
seem very urgent. The only user of this timecounter is using it for the
read() and mult/shift members. We never call timecounter_read() or
timecounter_cyc2time() so the nsec member is irrelevant.

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