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SubjectRe: clk dereference in arch/sh/kernel/cpufreq.c
On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 10:31:46AM +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jan 2013, Paul Mundt wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 10:40:20AM +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> > > There has been a discussion recently about how the result of get_clk
> > > should be an opaque handle, not a value that can be dereferenced:
> > >
> > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/12/20/105
> > >
> > > There is such a dereference in arch/sh/kernel/cpufreq.c, in the function
> > > sh_cpufreq_cpu_init:
> > >
> > > freq_table = cpuclk->nr_freqs ? cpuclk->freq_table : NULL;
> > >
> > > It was not obvious to me, however, what API function should be used
> > > instead, so I am just reporting the (potential) problem.
> > >
> > In this case we would have to add some new API for fetching the frequency
> > table associated with the struct clk, which is reasonably
> > straightforward. It's not obvious how a private API vs deref of a type we
> > have a private definition for is any better or worse, though. This code
> > is not aimed at the common struct clk in any event.
>
> OK, maybe it should just be left as is?
>
That would be in line with my intentions.


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