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From: Jamie Iles <jamie@jamieiles.com>
To: John Crispin <blogic@openwrt.org>
Cc: Jamie Iles <jamie@jamieiles.com>,
	Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>,
	Ralph Hempel <ralph.hempel@lantiq.com>,
	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>,
	linux-mips@linux-mips.org, linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/10] MIPS: lantiq: add watchdog support
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 11:15:30 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110106111530.GD2946@pulham.picochip.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4D25908E.9070509@openwrt.org>

On Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 10:51:10AM +0100, John Crispin wrote:
> On 06/01/11 00:49, Jamie Iles wrote:
> > I think you need a clk_put() here too to balance the clk_get() in the 
> > probe method so you'll need to keep a reference to the clk.
> >
> >   
> 
> Hi Jamie,
> 
> i will fold your suggestions into the series.
> 
> the clk.c/h implementation on the lantiq target is very simple. it only
> allows to read the static rates of the 3 clocks. clk_put is implemented
> as follows
> 
> void
> clk_put(struct clk *clk)
> {
>     /* not used */
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(clk_put);
> 
> so in theory you are right and we should call that function, however as
> it is only a stub and the driver is only used by the lantiq target i
> think it is save to leave out the clk_put(); call. we could however put
> a commet in the code to make this clear (same as with the clk_enable()
> not being needed as the clocks are always running)

Could that ever change for future devices that share the same watchdog 
block?  If so, then adding in that clk_put() and clk_enable() might be 
worth it as it doesn't cost much.

Jamie

  reply	other threads:[~2011-01-06 11:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-01-05 19:56 [PATCH 00/10] MIPS: add support for Lantiq SoCs John Crispin
2011-01-05 19:56 ` [PATCH 01/10] MIPS: lantiq: add initial " John Crispin
2011-01-05 20:25   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2011-01-13 11:05   ` Daniel Schwierzeck
2011-01-13 11:14     ` John Crispin
2011-01-13 12:47       ` Daniel Schwierzeck
2011-01-13 15:03         ` John Crispin
2011-01-05 19:56 ` [PATCH 02/10] MIPS: lantiq: add SoC specific code for XWAY family John Crispin
2011-01-05 19:56 ` [PATCH 03/10] MIPS: lantiq: add PCI controller support John Crispin
2011-01-05 19:56 ` [PATCH 04/10] MIPS: lantiq: add serial port support John Crispin
2011-01-05 19:56 ` [PATCH 05/10] MIPS: lantiq: add watchdog support John Crispin
2011-01-05 23:49   ` Jamie Iles
2011-01-06  9:51     ` John Crispin
2011-01-06 11:15       ` Jamie Iles [this message]
2011-01-06 11:38         ` John Crispin
2011-01-05 19:56 ` [PATCH 06/10] MIPS: lantiq: add NOR flash support John Crispin
2011-01-11  2:59   ` Daniel Schwierzeck
2011-01-11 10:29     ` John Crispin
2011-01-05 19:56 ` [PATCH 07/10] MIPS: lantiq: add NOR flash CFI address swizzle John Crispin
2011-01-06 10:06   ` John Crispin
2011-01-05 19:56 ` [PATCH 08/10] MIPS: lantiq: add platform device support John Crispin
2011-01-05 19:56 ` [PATCH 09/10] MIPS: lantiq: add mips_machine support John Crispin
2011-01-05 19:56 ` [PATCH 10/10] MIPS: lantiq: add machtypes for lantiq eval kits John Crispin
2011-01-11  2:44 ` [PATCH 00/10] MIPS: add support for Lantiq SoCs Daniel Schwierzeck
2011-01-11 12:07   ` John Crispin
2011-01-11 12:40     ` Daniel Schwierzeck
2011-01-11 12:49       ` John Crispin

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