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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 2/3] clocksource: Add NPS400 timers driver
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On 02/09/2016 01:36 PM, Noam Camus wrote:
>> From: Daniel Lezcano [mailto:daniel.lezcano@linaro.org] Sent:
>> Monday, February 08, 2016 4:22 PM
>
>>> + ret = clk_prepare_enable(clk); + if (ret) + pr_err("Couldn't
>>> enable parent clock\n"); + + nps_timer_rate = clk_get_rate(clk);
>
>> If there is an error, you continue the execution of the code. I
>> guess you expect the system to hang in any case with the error in
>> the >console, right ?
>
> Since our clock is root then returned value will always be valid. I
> am far from being expert here, but no one checks for clk_get_rate()
> return value for error. Could you refer to a single place at
> clocksource drivers that checks for error in the return value.

Actually I was referring to clk_prepare_enable, clocksource_register_hz.
Agree clk_get_rate is always valid.

>>> + ret = clocksource_register_hz(clksrc, nps_timer_rate);
>
>> You can simplify the driver even more by using
>> clocksource_mmio_init.
> Since my base address depends on cluster number, which CPU is part
> of, this interface is not much of a use. On top of that it assumes
> that I am little endian by using readl family accessories.

Why can't you use ?

clocksource_mmio_init(nps_msu_reg_low_addr, "EZnps-tick",
nps_timer_rate, 32, nps_clksrc_read);



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