From: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com>
To: Zhao Chenhui <chenhui.zhao@freescale.com>
Cc: Wood Scott-B07421 <B07421@freescale.com>,
Li Yang-R58472 <r58472@freescale.com>,
Zhao Chenhui-B35336 <B35336@freescale.com>,
Tabi Timur-B04825 <B04825@freescale.com>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/5] powerpc/85xx: implement hardware timebase sync
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 12:11:17 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FF5CAB5.5090904@freescale.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120704034545.GA6196@localhost.localdomain>
On 07/03/2012 10:45 PM, Zhao Chenhui wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 10:17:12PM -0500, Tabi Timur-B04825 wrote:
>> Zhao Chenhui wrote:
>>> If the guts variable is NULL, it indicates there is error in dts or kernel.
>>> We should fix the error, rather than ignore it.
>>
>> And that's why there's a warning message. Crashing the kernel is not
>> going to fix anything.
>>
>
> This error likely crashes the kenel somewhere.
Only if you're doing cpu hotplug or kexec.
-Scott
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-07-05 17:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-07-03 10:21 [PATCH v7 1/5] powerpc/85xx: implement hardware timebase sync Zhao Chenhui
2012-07-03 10:21 ` [PATCH v7 2/5] powerpc/85xx: add HOTPLUG_CPU support Zhao Chenhui
2012-07-13 12:15 ` Kumar Gala
2012-07-17 11:39 ` Zhao Chenhui-B35336
2012-07-03 12:46 ` [PATCH v7 1/5] powerpc/85xx: implement hardware timebase sync Tabi Timur-B04825
2012-07-04 3:14 ` Zhao Chenhui
2012-07-04 3:17 ` Tabi Timur-B04825
2012-07-04 3:45 ` Zhao Chenhui
2012-07-04 15:19 ` Tabi Timur-B04825
2012-07-05 10:25 ` Zhao Chenhui
2012-07-05 15:30 ` Timur Tabi
2012-07-05 17:11 ` Scott Wood [this message]
2012-07-05 15:31 ` Tabi Timur-B04825
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