linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2] clocksource:fix kernel panic due late cs5535

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Date:	Wed, 1 Jun 2016 08:58:58 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Hans Ulli Kroll <ulli.kroll@...glemail.com>
cc:	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] clocksource:fix kernel panic due late
 cs5535_clockevent

On Tue, 31 May 2016, Hans Ulli Kroll wrote:
> @@ -152,6 +153,9 @@ static int __init cs5535_mfgpt_init(void)
>  	}
>  	cs5535_event_clock = timer;
>  
> +	clockevents_config_and_register(&cs5535_clockevent, MFGPT_HZ,
> +					0xF, 0xFFFE);
> +
>  	/* Set up the IRQ on the MFGPT side */
>  	if (cs5535_mfgpt_setup_irq(timer, MFGPT_CMP2, &timer_irq)) {
>  		printk(KERN_ERR DRV_NAME ": Could not set up IRQ %d\n",

So what happens if that fails?

Thanks,

	tglx