Re: [PATCH v19 10/15] clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Refactor the timer init code to prepare for GTDT

[Fu Wei]

Hi Mark,

On 17 January 2017 at 20:29, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 06:18:12AM -0600, Timur Tabi wrote:
>> Fu Wei wrote:
>> >if (i >= ARCH_TIMER_MEM_MAX_FRAMES) {
>> >        pr_err(FW_BUG "too many frames, ARMv8 spec only allows 8.\n");
>>
>> pr_err(FW_BUG "too many frames, ARMv8 spec only allows %u.\n",
>>       ARCH_TIMER_MEM_MAX_FRAMES);
>
> While I don't see ARCH_TIMER_MEM_MAX_FRAMES changing, this would be
> nicer to ensure the result obviously matches.
>
> As for wording, I'd perfer:
>
>         pr_err(FW_BUG "too many frames, only %u are permitted.\n",
>                ARCH_TIMER_MEM_MAX_FRAMES);

OK, will do so.
Thanks!

>
> ... so as to avoid any confusion between spec versions and so on. We can
> reconsider the message if/when that changes.
>
> Thanks,
> Mark.



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Best regards,

Fu Wei
Software Engineer
Red Hat