linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 1/6] ARM: make register_current_timer

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Message-ID: <79cb0a99-1431-4a3e-9ec2-f70b4154b41f@linaro.org>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:37:41 +0100
From: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
To: Will McVicker <willmcvicker@...gle.com>,
 Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
 Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>,
 Alim Akhtar <alim.akhtar@...sung.com>
Cc: Donghoon Yu <hoony.yu@...sung.com>, Hosung Kim <hosung0.kim@...sung.com>,
 Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>,
 Youngmin Nam <youngmin.nam@...sung.com>,
 Peter Griffin <peter.griffin@...aro.org>,
 Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@...aro.org>,
 André Draszik <andre.draszik@...aro.org>,
 Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
 Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
 linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...roid.com,
 linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/6] ARM: make register_current_timer_delay()
 accessible after init

On 11/20/25 19:42, Will McVicker wrote:
> The function register_current_timer_delay() is called from the
> exynos_mct clocksource driver at probe time. In the event that the
> exynos_mct driver is probed deferred or the platform manually unbinds
> and rebinds the driver we need this function available. So drop the
> __init tag.

Is this change supposed to fix an existing bug or is it a guess it could 
happen ? If the latter, I prefer to not pick this patch until is proven 
it fixes an observed issue.



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