From: Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@synopsys.com>
To: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>, <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-snps-arc@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3] clocksource/drivers/arc: Convert init function to return error
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 16:30:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <57640993.5070505@synopsys.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1466158167-23126-1-git-send-email-daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
On Friday 17 June 2016 12:09 PM, 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>
Acked-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@synopsys.com>
P.S. It would be nice to get cover letter for a series in addition to relevant
patches for full context, although per prev discussion on ARC timers, I kind of
knew what the idea was !
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-06-17 14:30 UTC|newest]
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2016-06-16 21:26 [PATCH V2 00/63] clocksource/drivers/clksrc-of: Improve error handling Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 01/63] of: Add a new macro to declare_of for one parameter function returning a value Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-20 21:03 ` Rob Herring
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 02/63] clocksource/drivers/clksrc-probe: Introduce init functions with return code Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 03/63] clocksource/drivers/rockchip_timer: Convert init function to return error Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-18 10:38 ` Heiko Stübner
2016-06-18 12:54 ` [PATCH V3] " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-18 13:47 ` Heiko Stübner
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 04/63] clocksource/drivers/mkt_timer: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-17 16:16 ` Matthias Brugger
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 05/63] clocksource/drivers/exynos_mct: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 06/63] clocksource/drivers/asm9260: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 07/63] clocksource/drivers/cadence_ttc: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:43 ` Sören Brinkmann
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 08/63] clocksource/drivers/st_lpc: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-20 7:39 ` Patrice Chotard
2016-06-20 11:33 ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 09/63] clocksource/drivers/dw_apb_timer: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 10/63] clocksource/drivers/clps711x: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 11/63] clocksource/drivers/digitcolor: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-17 3:15 ` Baruch Siach
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 12/63] clocksource/drivers/armv7m_systick: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-20 11:31 ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 13/63] clocksource/drivers/bcm2835_timer: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-26 3:10 ` Eric Anholt
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 14/63] clocksource/drivers/bcm_kona: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-20 17:22 ` Ray Jui
2016-06-20 17:40 ` Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-20 17:48 ` [PATCH V3] " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-20 17:50 ` Ray Jui
2016-06-20 20:12 ` Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 15/63] clocksource/drivers/clksrc-dbx500: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-17 16:10 ` Linus Walleij
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 16/63] clocksource/drivers/fsl_ftm_timer: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 17/63] clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 18/63] clocksource/drivers/arm_global_timer: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-20 11:32 ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 19/63] clocksource/drivers/h8300_timer16: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 20/63] clocksource/drivers/h8300_tpu: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 21/63] " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 22/63] clocksource/drivers/mips-gic-timer: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 23/63] clocksource/drivers/moxart_timer: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 24/63] clocksource/drivers/mps2-timer: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 25/63] clocksource/drivers/mxs_timer: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-17 6:33 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2016-06-17 10:43 ` [PATCH V3] clocksource/drivers/mxs: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-20 9:15 ` [PATCH V2 25/63] clocksource/drivers/mxs_timer: " Liviu Dudau
2016-06-20 9:24 ` Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-20 9:26 ` [PATCH V3] clocksource/drivers/mps2-timer: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-20 9:42 ` liviu.dudau
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 26/63] clocksource/drivers/nomadik-mtu: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 27/63] clocksource/drivers/pxa_timer: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 28/63] clocksource/drivers/qcom-timer: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 29/63] clocksource/drivers/samsung_pwm_timer: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 30/63] clocksource/drivers/sun4i_time: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 31/63] clocksource/drivers/tango_xtal: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-17 9:19 ` Mason
2016-06-17 10:26 ` [PATCH V3] " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-17 12:35 ` Marc Gonzalez
2016-06-17 12:43 ` Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 32/63] clocksource/drivers/tegra20_timer: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 33/63] clocksource/drivers/time-armada-370-xp: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-17 7:21 ` Jon Hunter
2016-06-17 8:09 ` Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-17 9:06 ` [PATCH V3] clocksource/drivers/tegra20: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 34/63] clocksource/drivers/time-efm32: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 35/63] clocksource/drivers/time-lpc32xx: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-17 6:52 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2016-06-17 8:44 ` [PATCH V3] clocksource/drivers/time-efm32: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-17 9:46 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 36/63] clocksource/drivers/time-orion: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-20 17:08 ` Sylvain Lemieux
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 37/63] clocksource/drivers/time-pistachio: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 38/63] " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 39/63] clocksource/drivers/timer-atlas7: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:26 ` [PATCH V2 40/63] clocksource/drivers/timer-atmel-pit: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:27 ` [PATCH V2 41/63] clocksource/drivers/timer-atmel-st: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:27 ` [PATCH V2 42/63] clocksource/drivers/prima2: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:27 ` [PATCH V2 43/63] clocksource/drivers/timer-imx-gpt: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:27 ` [PATCH V2 44/63] clocksource/drivers/timer-integrator-ap: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:27 ` [PATCH V2 45/63] clocksource/drivers/timer-keystone: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-17 16:03 ` Santosh Shilimkar
2016-06-16 21:27 ` [PATCH V2 46/63] clocksource/drivers/timer-sp804: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:27 ` [PATCH V2 47/63] clocksource/drivers/timer-stm32: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-20 11:32 ` Maxime Coquelin
2016-06-16 21:27 ` [PATCH V2 48/63] clocksource/drivers/timer-sun5i: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:27 ` [PATCH V2 49/63] clocksource/drivers/timer-ti-32k: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:27 ` [PATCH V2 50/63] clocksource/drivers/timer-u300: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-17 16:11 ` Linus Walleij
2016-06-16 21:27 ` [PATCH V2 51/63] clocksource/drivers/versatile: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-20 9:13 ` Liviu Dudau
2016-06-16 21:27 ` [PATCH V2 52/63] clocksource/drivers/vf_pit_timer: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:27 ` [PATCH V2 53/63] clocksource/drivers/vt8500_timer: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:27 ` [PATCH V2 54/63] clocksource/drivers/zevio-timer: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:27 ` [PATCH V2 55/63] clocksource/drivers/timer-sp804: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:27 ` [PATCH V2 56/63] clocksource/drivers/microblaze: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:27 ` [PATCH V2 57/63] clocksource/drivers/ralink: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-17 8:54 ` John Crispin
2016-06-16 21:27 ` [PATCH V2 58/63] clocksource/drivers/nios2: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:27 ` [PATCH V2 59/63] clocksource/drivers/smp_twd: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:27 ` [PATCH V2 60/63] clocksource/drivers/nps: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:27 ` [PATCH V2 61/63] clocksource/drivers/arc: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-17 8:59 ` Vineet Gupta
2016-06-17 10:09 ` [PATCH V3] " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-17 14:30 ` Vineet Gupta [this message]
2016-06-24 4:06 ` Vineet Gupta
2016-06-24 6:41 ` Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-24 7:52 ` Vineet Gupta
2016-06-24 7:55 ` Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-16 21:27 ` [PATCH V2 62/63] clocksource/drivers/oxnas-rps: " Daniel Lezcano
2016-06-17 6:58 ` Neil Armstrong
[not found] ` <1466112442-31105-64-git-send-email-daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
2016-06-17 14:33 ` [PATCH V2 63/63] clocksources: Switch back to the clksrc table Vineet Gupta
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