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SubjectRe: [PATCH V2 07/63] clocksource/drivers/cadence_ttc: Convert init function to return error
On Thu, 2016-06-16 at 23:26:26 +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>
Acked-by: Sören Brinkmann <soren.brinkmann@xilinx.com>

Sören

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