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SubjectRe: [PATCH 08/23] clocksource: drop duplicate register checking

* Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com> wrote:

> > if (is_registered_source(c)) {
> > printk("register_clocksource: Cannot register %s. "
> > "Already registered!", c->name);
> > ret = -EBUSY;
> >
> > and Thomas' change keeps that property, but doesnt printk. Your
> > change makes double registry possible, potentially crashing the
> > kernel later on! (And this isnt theoretical, double registry did
> > happen in practice when i debugged suspend problems on my SMP
> > laptop.)
>
> My original patch set makes the duplicate register checking better
> (which I dropped) .. I'll be happy to reintroduce that part of it..

why if Thomas' patch: simplify-the-registration-of-clocksources.patch
already does it?

Ingo
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