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Re: [PATCH V2 33/63] clocksource/drivers/time-armada-370-xp: Convert init function to return error

From Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH V2 33/63] clocksource/drivers/time-armada-370-xp: Convert init function to return error
Date 2016-06-17 10:10 +0200
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On 06/17/2016 09:21 AM, Jon Hunter wrote:
>
> On 16/06/16 22:26, 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>
>> ---
>>   drivers/clocksource/tegra20_timer.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++------------
>>   1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> The $subject does not appear to match with the driver you are modifying
> here.

Ah, crap. I introduced a shift somewhere in the patchset. Fixed.

Thanks !

   -- Daniel


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[PATCH V2 33/63] clocksource/drivers/time-armada-370-xp: Convert init function to return error Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org> - 2016-06-16 23:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH V2 33/63] clocksource/drivers/time-armada-370-xp: Convert  init function to return error Jon Hunter <jonathanh@nvidia.com> - 2016-06-17 09:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH V2 33/63] clocksource/drivers/time-armada-370-xp: Convert  init function to return error Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org> - 2016-06-17 10:10 +0200
    [PATCH V3] clocksource/drivers/tegra20: Convert init function to return error Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org> - 2016-06-17 11:10 +0200

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