linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] clocksource/drivers/moxart: Replace panic by pr

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Date:   Thu,  8 Sep 2016 15:58:10 +0200
From:   Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
To:     joel@....id.au
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] clocksource/drivers/moxart: Replace panic by pr_err

The clksrc-of code is supposed to catch the return code and fail gracefully.

Don't panic on error, but print the error and exit with a relevant error
code.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
---
 drivers/clocksource/moxart_timer.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/moxart_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/moxart_timer.c
index cba25b7..2a8f470 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/moxart_timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/moxart_timer.c
@@ -184,8 +184,10 @@ static int __init moxart_timer_init(struct device_node *node)
 	} else if (of_device_is_compatible(node, "aspeed,ast2400-timer")) {
 		timer->t1_enable_val = ASPEED_TIMER1_ENABLE;
 		timer->t1_disable_val = ASPEED_TIMER1_DISABLE;
-	} else
-		panic("%s: unknown platform\n", node->full_name);
+	} else {
+		pr_err("%s: unknown platform\n", node->full_name);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	timer->count_per_tick = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(pclk, HZ);
 
-- 
1.9.1