linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/14] clock: milbeaut: Add Milbeaut M10V clock control

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Date:   Wed, 5 Dec 2018 20:42:41 +0900
From:   "Sugaya, Taichi" <sugaya.taichi@...ionext.com>
To:     Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-clk@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu@...aro.org>,
        Jassi Brar <jaswinder.singh@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/14] clock: milbeaut: Add Milbeaut M10V clock control

Hi

On 2018/12/05 3:15, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> Quoting Sugaya, Taichi (2018-12-04 00:26:16)
>> On 2018/11/30 17:31, Stephen Boyd wrote:
>>> Quoting Sugaya Taichi (2018-11-18 17:01:12)
>>>> +void __init m10v_clk_mux_setup(struct device_node *node)
>>>> +{
>>>> +       const char *clk_name = node->name;
>>>> +       struct clk_init_data init;
>>>> +       const char **parent_names;
>>>> +       struct m10v_mux *mcm;
>>>> +       struct clk *clk;
>>>> +       int i, parents;
>>>> +
>>>> +       if (!m10v_clk_iomap())
>>>> +               return;
>>>> +
>>>> +       of_property_read_string(node, "clock-output-names", &clk_name);
>>>> +
>>>> +       parents = of_clk_get_parent_count(node);
>>>> +       if (parents < 2) {
>>>> +               pr_err("%s: not a mux\n", clk_name);
>>>
>>> How is this possible?
>>
>> When the node has more than 1 clks...
>> Or I am misunderstanding your question?
> 
> This looks like code that's checking DT for correctness. We don't
> typically do that in the kernel because the kernel isn't a DT validator.
> That's all I'm saying. I think this comment is not useful if the driver
> design is done to specify parent linkages in C code instead of DT, so
> don't worry about this too much.

I understand.
Thank you for additional information.

Sugaya Taichi

>