Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:24:53 +0100 (CET) | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: [PATCHv2 1/4] clockevents: Add generic timer broadcast receiver |
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On Mon, 14 Jan 2013, Mark Rutland wrote: > On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 02:17:26PM +0000, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > > I thought this previously also [1], but I couldn't find any path such that a > > > tick_cpu_device would have an evtdev without an event_handler. We always set the > > > handler before setting evtdev, and alway wipe evtdev before wiping the handler. > > > > > > Have I missed something? > > > > That's an x86 specific issue. Though we could try and make that > > functionality completely generic. > > Just to check: is the evt->event_handler check necessary?
For x86 yes. See the comment.
Thanks,
tglx
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