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Message-ID: <20161118195657.GM1197@leverpostej>
Date:   Fri, 18 Nov 2016 19:56:57 +0000
From:   Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
To:     fu.wei@...aro.org
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v16 08/15] clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Refactor
 arch_timer_needs_probing, and call it only if acpi disabled.

On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 09:49:01PM +0800, fu.wei@...aro.org wrote:
> From: Fu Wei <fu.wei@...aro.org>
> 
> The patch refactor original arch_timer_needs_probing function:
>     (1) Separate out arch_timer_needs_probing from arch_timer_common_init,
>     and call it only if acpi disabled.
>     (2) Rename arch_timer_needs_probing to arch_timer_needs_of_probing.

Please write a real commit message.

> Signed-off-by: Fu Wei <fu.wei@...aro.org>
> ---
>  drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++++---------------
>  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
> index fe4e812..9ddc091 100644
> --- a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
> +++ b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
> @@ -792,15 +792,28 @@ static const struct of_device_id arch_timer_mem_of_match[] __initconst = {
>  	{},
>  };
>  
> -static bool __init
> -arch_timer_needs_probing(int type, const struct of_device_id *matches)
> +static bool __init arch_timer_needs_of_probing(void)
>  {
>  	struct device_node *dn;
>  	bool needs_probing = false;
> +	unsigned int mask = ARCH_TIMER_TYPE_CP15 | ARCH_TIMER_TYPE_MEM;
> +
> +	/* We have two timers, and both device-tree nodes are probed. */
> +	if ((arch_timers_present & mask) == mask)
> +		return false;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Only one type of timer is probed,
> +	 * check if we have another type of timer node in device-tree.
> +	 */
> +	if (arch_timers_present & ARCH_TIMER_TYPE_CP15)
> +		dn = of_find_matching_node(NULL, arch_timer_mem_of_match);
> +	else
> +		dn = of_find_matching_node(NULL, arch_timer_of_match);
>  
> -	dn = of_find_matching_node(NULL, matches);
> -	if (dn && of_device_is_available(dn) && !(arch_timers_present & type))
> +	if (dn && of_device_is_available(dn))
>  		needs_probing = true;
> +
>  	of_node_put(dn);
>  
>  	return needs_probing;
> @@ -808,17 +821,8 @@ arch_timer_needs_probing(int type, const struct of_device_id *matches)
>  
>  static int __init arch_timer_common_init(void)
>  {
> -	unsigned int mask = ARCH_TIMER_TYPE_CP15 | ARCH_TIMER_TYPE_MEM;
> -
> -	/* Wait until both nodes are probed if we have two timers */
> -	if ((arch_timers_present & mask) != mask) {
> -		if (arch_timer_needs_probing(ARCH_TIMER_TYPE_MEM,
> -					     arch_timer_mem_of_match))
> -			return 0;
> -		if (arch_timer_needs_probing(ARCH_TIMER_TYPE_CP15,
> -					     arch_timer_of_match))
> -			return 0;
> -	}

Why can't we just move this into the DT-specific caller of
arch_timer_common_init()?

Thanks
Mark.

> +	if (acpi_disabled && arch_timer_needs_of_probing())
> +		return 0;
>  
>  	arch_timer_banner(arch_timers_present);
>  	arch_counter_register(arch_timers_present);
> -- 
> 2.7.4
>