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Re: [PATCH V2 11/63] clocksource/drivers/digitcolor: Convert init function to return error

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Hi Daniel,

On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 11:26:30PM +0200, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> The init functions do not return any error. They behave as the following:
> 
>   - panic, thus leading to a kernel crash while another timer may work and
>        make the system boot up correctly
> 
>   or
> 
>   - print an error and let the caller unaware if the state of the system
> 
> Change that by converting the init functions to return an error conforming
> to the CLOCKSOURCE_OF_RET prototype.
> 
> Proper error handling (rollback, errno value) will be changed later case
> by case, thus this change just return back an error or success in the init
> function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>

It would be nice to have at least LAKL on Cc of the cover letter as well, so 
we can get the big picture. I found it at 
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/2246137.

But anyway, for this and the final patch:

Acked-by: Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il>

Thanks,
baruch

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[PATCH V2 11/63] clocksource/drivers/digitcolor: Convert init function to return error Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org> - 2016-06-16 23:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH V2 11/63] clocksource/drivers/digitcolor: Convert init  function to return error Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il> - 2016-06-17 05:20 +0200

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