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Shankar" , Andi Kleen , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, Joerg Roedel , Ricardo Neri , Stephane Eranian , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org, Tony Luck , Nicholas Piggin , Suravee Suthikulpanit , Ricardo Neri , Andrew Morton , David Woodhouse , Lu Baolu Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" On Thu, May 05 2022 at 16:59, Ricardo Neri wrote: > Programming an HPET channel as periodic requires setting the > HPET_TN_SETVAL bit in the channel configuration. Plus, the comparator > register must be written twice (once for the comparator value and once for > the periodic value). Since this programming might be needed in several > places (e.g., the HPET clocksource and the HPET-based hardlockup detector), > add a helper function for this purpose. > > A helper function hpet_set_comparator_oneshot() could also be implemented. > However, such function would only program the comparator register and the > function would be quite small. Hence, it is better to not bloat the code > with such an obvious function. This word salad above does not provide a single reason why the periodic programming function is required and better suited for the NMI watchdog case and then goes on and blurbs about why a function which is not required is not implemented. The argument about not bloating the code with an "obvious???" function which is quite small is slightly beyond my comprehension level. Thanks, tglx