linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] clkdev: Detect errors in clk_hw_register

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Date:   Mon, 31 Oct 2016 10:31:44 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>,
        linux-clk <linux-clk@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] clkdev: Detect errors in clk_hw_register_clkdev() for
 mass registration

Hi Russell,

On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 10:22 AM, Russell King - ARM Linux
<linux@...linux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 09:02:38AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> Unlike clk_register_clkdev(), clk_hw_register_clkdev() doesn't check for
>> passed error objects from a previous registration call. Hence the caller
>> of clk_hw_register_*() has to check for errors before calling
>> clk_hw_register_clkdev*().
>>
>> Make clk_hw_register_clkdev() more similar to clk_register_clkdev() by
>> adding this error check, removing the burden from callers that do mass
>> registration.
>>
>> Fixes: e4f1b49bda6d6aa2 ("clkdev: Add clk_hw based registration APIs")
>> Fixes: 944b9a41e004534f ("clk: ls1x: Migrate to clk_hw based OF and registration APIs")
>> Fixes: 44ce9a9ae977736f ("MIPS: TXx9: Convert to Common Clock Framework")
>> Fixes: f48d947a162dfa9d ("clk: clps711x: Migrate to clk_hw based OF and registration APIs")
>> Fixes: b4626a7f489238a5 ("CLK: Add Loongson1C clock support")
>> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
>
> Please put this in the patch system, thanks.

Done. I hope it went through, the "new" README predates git-send-email.

Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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