linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 8/8] clocksource: simplify ACPI code in arm_arch

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Message-ID: <55F70C5B.8040508@arm.com>
Date:	Mon, 14 Sep 2015 19:05:15 +0100
From:	Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
To:	Fu Wei <fu.wei@...aro.org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CC:	Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@...aro.org>,
	Suravee Suthikulpanit <Suravee.Suthikulpanit@....com>,
	Linaro ACPI Mailman List <linaro-acpi@...ts.linaro.org>,
	linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	Wei Fu <tekkamanninja@...il.com>,
	G Gregory <graeme.gregory@...aro.org>,
	Al Stone <al.stone@...aro.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	Vipul Gandhi <vgandhi@...eaurora.org>,
	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>,
	Jon Masters <jcm@...hat.com>, Leo Duran <leo.duran@....com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Rafael Wysocki <rjw@...ysocki.net>, dyoung@...hat.com,
	panand@...hat.com, Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 8/8] clocksource: simplify ACPI code in arm_arch_timer.c

On 27/08/15 14:51, Fu Wei wrote:
> Hi Thomas, Hanjun
> 
> On 27 August 2015 at 21:40, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
>> On Thu, 27 Aug 2015, Hanjun Guo wrote:
>>>> [1]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/7/29/236
>>>>
>>>> If that is ok with you, we will introduce similar DECLARE_ thing
>>>> for clock declare.
>>
>> Yes.
> 
> Thanks
> 
>>
>>> Or we can drop this patch from this patch set, and clean up this
>>> patch when the ACPI_DECLARE() infrastructure is ready for upstream.
>>
>> Works either way. I just noticed that hard coded init thing and
>> decided to rant about it :)
> 
> OK, good idea, this patch will be improve by DECLARE_ thing, then upstream.
> drop this from this patchset.
> 
> Great thanks for your help

You probably want to keep an eye on this:

https://lwn.net/Articles/657238/

which implements the necessary infrastructure. I'd appreciate if you
could give it a go to find out if it works for you.

Thanks,

	M.
-- 
Jazz is not dead. It just smells funny...
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