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SubjectRe: [PATCH] [Timer][Trivial] __clocksource_register_scale return value use?
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On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 4:41 PM, anish kumar <anish198519851985@gmail.com> wrote:
> __clocksource_register_scale() currently returns int but it should
> return void as there are no error paths in that function.
> Making it void would help some amount of code to be removed at various
> places.
>
> clocksource_register_hz/khz() return value is checked
> in most of the places but I think it will translate to always
> if(true) so let's remove those checks as well(patch will be sent
> later for that).
>
> Is this return value for some future usecase(?), if yes then my
> apologies.
>
> Signed-off-by: anish kumar <anish198519851985@gmail.com>
> ---
> include/linux/clocksource.h | 6 +++---
> kernel/time/clocksource.c | 7 +------
> 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/clocksource.h b/include/linux/clocksource.h
> index 27cfda4..2b074cc 100644
> --- a/include/linux/clocksource.h
> +++ b/include/linux/clocksource.h
> @@ -294,17 +294,17 @@ clocks_calc_mult_shift(u32 *mult, u32 *shift, u32
> from, u32 to, u32 minsec);
> * Don't call __clocksource_register_scale directly, use
> * clocksource_register_hz/khz
> */
> -extern int
> +extern void
> __clocksource_register_scale(struct clocksource *cs, u32 scale, u32
> freq);
> extern void
> __clocksource_updatefreq_scale(struct clocksource *cs, u32 scale, u32
> freq);
>
> -static inline int clocksource_register_hz(struct clocksource *cs, u32
> hz)
> +static inline void clocksource_register_hz(struct clocksource *cs, u32
> hz)
> {
> return __clocksource_register_scale(cs, 1, hz);
> }
>
> -static inline int clocksource_register_khz(struct clocksource *cs, u32
> khz)
> +static inline void clocksource_register_khz(struct clocksource *cs, u32
> khz)
> {
> return __clocksource_register_scale(cs, 1000, khz);
> }
> diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
> index c958338..1915550 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
> @@ -703,14 +703,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__clocksource_updatefreq_scale);
> * @scale: Scale factor multiplied against freq to get clocksource hz
> * @freq: clocksource frequency (cycles per second) divided by scale
> *
> - * Returns -EBUSY if registration fails, zero otherwise.
> - *
> * This *SHOULD NOT* be called directly! Please use the
> * clocksource_register_hz() or clocksource_register_khz helper
> functions.
> */
> -int __clocksource_register_scale(struct clocksource *cs, u32 scale, u32
> freq)
> +void __clocksource_register_scale(struct clocksource *cs, u32 scale,
> u32 freq)
> {
> -
> /* Initialize mult/shift and max_idle_ns */
> __clocksource_updatefreq_scale(cs, scale, freq);
>
> @@ -720,11 +717,9 @@ int __clocksource_register_scale(struct clocksource
> *cs, u32 scale, u32 freq)
> clocksource_enqueue_watchdog(cs);
> clocksource_select();
> mutex_unlock(&clocksource_mutex);
> - return 0;
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__clocksource_register_scale);
>
> -
> /**
> * clocksource_register - Used to install new clocksources
> * @cs: clocksource to be registered
> --
> 1.7.1
>
>


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