linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND] clocksource: sun4i: Fix the bug that tick

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Message-ID: <87zgdxa24w.ffs@tglx>
Date:   Sat, 15 Oct 2022 11:04:47 +0200
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Victor Hassan <victor@...winnertech.com>,
        daniel.lezcano@...aro.org, wens@...e.org, jernej.skrabec@...il.com,
        samuel@...lland.org, maxime@...no.tech
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-sunxi@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [RESEND] clocksource: sun4i: Fix the bug that tick_resume stucks

On Sun, Oct 09 2022 at 11:25, Victor Hassan wrote:
> Currently syscore_resume() will stuck on tick_resume().

This lacks a clear explanation of the problem, i.e. WHY the current
implementation is not working.

> Fix this by changing  `.tick_resume` from
> sun4i_clkevt_shutdown() to a new function sun4i_tick_resume().
>  
> -static struct timer_of to = {
> -	.flags = TIMER_OF_IRQ | TIMER_OF_CLOCK | TIMER_OF_BASE,

How is switching from a statically allocated struct to a runtime
allocated struct related to the problem?

Thanks,

        tglx