Re: [RFC PATCH 4/5] clockevents: Add generic timer broadcast function

2012-12-19 Thread Mark Rutland
On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 10:17:13PM +, Stephen Boyd wrote: > Minor nit > > On 12/18/12 04:06, Mark Rutland wrote: > > diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c > > index c2dd022..ec22a80 100644 > > --- a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c > > +++ b/kernel/time/tick-broa

Re: [RFC PATCH 4/5] clockevents: Add generic timer broadcast function

2012-12-18 Thread Stephen Boyd
Minor nit On 12/18/12 04:06, Mark Rutland wrote: > diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c > index c2dd022..ec22a80 100644 > --- a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c > +++ b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c > @@ -86,6 +87,12 @@ int tick_is_broadcast_device(struct clock_event

[RFC PATCH 4/5] clockevents: Add generic timer broadcast function

2012-12-18 Thread Mark Rutland
Currently, the timer broadcast mechanism is defined by a function pointer on struct clock_event_device. As the fundamental mechanism for broadcast is architecture-specific, this means that clock_event_device drivers cannot be shared across multiple architectures. This patch adds an (optional) arch