linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4a 02/38] ARM: spear: Do not use timer namespace for timer

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Date:   Sat, 05 Nov 2022 19:12:48 +0100
From:   "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>
To:     "Steven Rostedt" <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "Stephen Boyd" <sboyd@...nel.org>,
        "Guenter Roeck" <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        "Anna-Maria Gleixner" <anna-maria@...utronix.de>,
        "Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Viresh Kumar" <vireshk@...nel.org>,
        "Shiraz Hashim" <shiraz.linux.kernel@...il.com>,
        "Russell King" <linux@...linux.org.uk>, soc@...nel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4a 02/38] ARM: spear: Do not use timer namespace for
 timer_shutdown() function

On Sat, Nov 5, 2022, at 07:00, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>
>
> A new "shutdown" timer state is being added to the generic timer code. One
> of the functions to change the timer into the state is called
> "timer_shutdown()". This means that there can not be other functions
> called "timer_shutdown()" as the timer code owns the "timer_*" name space.
>
> Rename timer_shutdown() to evt_timer_shutdown() to avoid this conflict.
>
> Cc: Viresh Kumar <vireshk@...nel.org>
> Cc: Shiraz Hashim <shiraz.linux.kernel@...il.com>
> Cc: Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>
> Cc: soc@...nel.org
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@...dmis.org>

For arch/arm/mach-*

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>