linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] clocksource/drivers/sh_cmt: Do not power down channels used for events

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Message-ID: <20250925051219.GB1062104@ragnatech.se>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 07:12:19 +0200
From: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund+renesas@...natech.se>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] clocksource/drivers/sh_cmt: Do not power down
 channels used for events

On 2025-09-24 15:46:45 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
> 
> On Wed, 24 Sept 2025 at 15:43, Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org> wrote:
> > On 24/09/2025 11:31, Niklas Söderlund wrote:
> > > If it's not too late I think we should drop it. The issue this work
> > > tries to solve is a lockdep blurb which highlights a design issue in the
> > > driver. But the driver have function properly in the past. So I think
> > > it's better I work on solving the blurb without any regressions.
> >
> > Ok, dropping 2/2 but keeping 1/2 is fine, right ?
> 
> 1/2 is a refactoring without any functional impact.
> Thanks!

Thanks to the both of you! Geert for testing and finding the regression 
and Daniel for his quick action removing it from the pull request. I 
will work on a v3 which tries to solve the original issue without the 
regression.

> 
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
> 
>                         Geert
> 
> -- 
> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org
> 
> In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
> when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
>                                 -- Linus Torvalds

-- 
Kind Regards,
Niklas Söderlund