linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 01/10] ARC: timer: rtc: implement read loop in "C" vs. inline asm

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Date:   Thu, 3 Nov 2016 23:46:50 +0100
From:   Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
To:     Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@...opsys.com>
Cc:     Noam Camus <noamca@...lanox.com>, tglx@...utronix.de,
        linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Alexey.Brodkin@...opsys.com, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/10] ARC: timer: rtc: implement read loop in "C" vs.
 inline asm

On Thu, Nov 03, 2016 at 03:44:24PM -0700, Vineet Gupta wrote:
> On 11/03/2016 03:35 PM, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 03, 2016 at 03:23:09PM -0700, Vineet Gupta wrote:
> >> On 11/03/2016 02:52 PM, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> >>> On Thu, Nov 03, 2016 at 02:31:32PM -0700, Vineet Gupta wrote:
> >>>> The current code doesn't even compile ....
> >>>
> >>> Give a better description in the log, especially if this patch is supposed to
> >>> go to stable@
> >>
> >> OK.
> > 
> > [ ... ]
> 
> Here's what I added
> 
> ---->
>     ARC: timer: rtc: implement read loop in "C" vs. inline asm
> 
>     The current code doesn't even compile as somehow the inline assembly
>     can't see the register names defined as ARC_RTC_*
>     I'm pretty sure It worked when I first got it merged, but the tools were
>     definitely different then.
> 
>     So better to write this in "C" anyways.

Acked-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>