Re: [PATCH v7 1/5] powerpc/85xx: implement hardware timebase sync

From: Scott Wood
Date: Thu Jul 05 2012 - 13:11:26 EST


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

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