Re: [PATCH] Make MIPS dynamic clocksource/clockevent clock code generic v2

From: Mikael Pettersson
Date: Tue Oct 20 2009 - 19:02:47 EST


Linus Walleij writes:
> This moves the clocksource_set_clock() and clockevent_set_clock()
> from the MIPS timer code into clockchips and clocksource where
> it belongs. The patch was triggered by code posted by Mikael
> Pettersson duplicating this code for the IOP ARM system. The
> function signatures where altered slightly to fit into their
> destination header files, unsigned int changed to u32 and inlined.
>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@xxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes v1->v2:
> - Fixed Mikaels comments: spelling, terminology.
> - Kept the functions inline: all uses and foreseen uses
> are once per kernel and all are in __init or __cpuinit sections.
> - Unable to break out common code - the code is not common and
> implementing two execution paths will be more awkward.
> - Hoping the tglx likes it anyway.

Very minor spelling nits below.

> --- a/include/linux/clockchips.h
> +++ b/include/linux/clockchips.h
> @@ -115,6 +115,28 @@ static inline unsigned long div_sc(unsigned long ticks, unsigned long nsec,
> return (unsigned long) tmp;
> }
>
> +/**
> + * clockevent_set_clock - calculates an appropriate shift
> + * and mult values for a clockevent given a

can't have 'an' and a plural form, so s/an //

> --- a/include/linux/clocksource.h
> +++ b/include/linux/clocksource.h
> @@ -257,6 +257,28 @@ static inline u32 clocksource_hz2mult(u32 hz, u32 shift_constant)
> }
>
> /**
> + * clocksource_set_clock - calculates an appropriate shift
> + * and mult values for a clocksource given a

ditto
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