Re: [RFC part3 PATCH 2/2] ARM64 / clocksource: Use arch_timer_acpi_init()

[Linus Walleij]

On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> +       /* if can't be initialised from DT, try ACPI way */
> +       if (!arch_timer_get_rate())
> +               arch_timer_acpi_init();
> +
>         arch_timer_rate = arch_timer_get_rate();

This looks a bit fragile. Having a call like arch_timer_get_rate()
to check whether there is a DT node for the timer doesn't seem
right, can you refactor the code to provide some
has_arch_timer_node() or similar call instead, so it's a bit easier
to understand & maintain at least?

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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