linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/7] clocksource/arm_arch_timer: Direcly assign set_next

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Date:   Mon, 15 Apr 2019 11:18:37 +0100
From:   Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
To:     Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ux-watchdog.org>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] clocksource/arm_arch_timer: Direcly assign
 set_next_event workaround

On 11/04/2019 18:17, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> On 08/04/2019 17:49, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>> When a given timer is affected by an erratum and requires an
>> alternative implementation of set_next_event, we do a rather
>> complicated dance to detect and call the workaround on each
>> set_next_event call.
>>
>> This is clearly idiotic, as we can perfectly detect whether
>> this CPU requires a workaround while setting up the clock event
>> device.
>>
>> This only requires the CPU-specific detection to be done a bit
>> earlier, and we can then safely override the set_next_event pointer
>> if we have a workaround associated to that CPU.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
> 
> Do you want me to take the patch ?
> 
> Otherwise:
> 
> Acked-by; Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>

I'd like to keep most of the series together (just so that I don't have
to track extra stuff).

Thanks for the Ack though.

	M.
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