linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 04/27] clocksource: Add a new timer-ingenic driver

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1904052241240.1802@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:   Fri, 5 Apr 2019 22:44:31 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Paul Cercueil <paul@...pouillou.net>
cc:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ux-watchdog.org>,
        Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
        Paul Burton <paul.burton@...s.com>,
        James Hogan <jhogan@...nel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
        Mathieu Malaterre <malat@...ian.org>, od@...c.me,
        linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-clk@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 04/27] clocksource: Add a new timer-ingenic driver

On Thu, 28 Mar 2019, Paul Cercueil wrote:

> This driver handles the TCU (Timer Counter Unit) present on the Ingenic
> JZ47xx SoCs, and provides the kernel with a system timer, and optionally
> with a clocksource and a sched_clock.
> 
> It also provides clocks and interrupt handling to client drivers.

Why on earth has a timer driver clock and interrupt chip drivers in it?

We have different subsystems for good reasons. Please split this apart and
add the support to the appropriate subsystems, clocksource, irqchip, clk

Thanks,

	tglx