Re: [PATCH 08/23] clocksource: drop duplicate register checking

[Ingo Molnar]

* Daniel Walker <dwalker@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >          if (is_registered_source(c)) {
> >                  printk("register_clocksource: Cannot register %s. "
> >                         "Already registered!", c->name);
> >                  ret = -EBUSY;
> > 
> > and Thomas' change keeps that property, but doesnt printk. Your 
> > change makes double registry possible, potentially crashing the 
> > kernel later on! (And this isnt theoretical, double registry did 
> > happen in practice when i debugged suspend problems on my SMP 
> > laptop.)
> 
> My original patch set makes the duplicate register checking better 
> (which I dropped) .. I'll be happy to reintroduce that part of it..

why if Thomas' patch: simplify-the-registration-of-clocksources.patch 
already does it?

	Ingo
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