linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5a 2/5] clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Do not use timer namespace for timer

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Date:   Sun, 06 Nov 2022 11:09:25 +0000
From:   Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        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>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5a 2/5] clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Do not use timer namespace for timer_shutdown() function

On Sun, 06 Nov 2022 05:45:37 +0000,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> 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 arch_timer_shutdown() to avoid this conflict.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221105060155.409832154@goodmis.org/
> 
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
> Cc: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@...dmis.org>

Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>

	M.

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