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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] clockevents: Introduce mode specific callbacks
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On Friday, February 13, 2015 08:54:56 AM Viresh Kumar wrote:
> It is not possible for the clockevents core to know which modes (other than
> those with a corresponding feature flag) are supported by a particular
> implementation. And drivers are expected to handle transition to all modes
> elegantly, as ->set_mode() would be issued for them unconditionally.
>
> Now, adding support for a new mode complicates things a bit if we want to use
> the legacy ->set_mode() callback. We need to closely review all clockevents
> drivers to see if they would break on addition of a new mode. And after such
> reviews, it is found that we have to do non-trivial changes to most of the
> drivers [1].
>
> Introduce mode-specific set_mode_*() callbacks, some of which the drivers may or
> may not implement. A missing callback would clearly convey the message that the
> corresponding mode isn't supported.

This is not going to fly AFAICS if you don't say what exacly you need it for.

Rafael



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