Re: [RFC PATCH v2 06/14] x86/hpet: Configure the timer used by the hardlockup detector

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Wed, 27 Feb 2019, Ricardo Neri wrote:
> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR_HPET
> +struct hpet_hld_data *hpet_hardlockup_detector_assign_timer(void)
> +{
> +	struct hpet_hld_data *hdata;
> +	unsigned int cfg;
> +
> +	cfg = hpet_readl(HPET_Tn_CFG(HPET_WD_TIMER_NR));
> +
> +	if (!(cfg & HPET_TN_FSB_CAP))
> +		return NULL;
> +
> +	hdata = kzalloc(sizeof(*hdata), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!hdata)
> +		return NULL;
> +
> +	hdata->flags = HPET_DEV_FSB_CAP;

Pointless.

> +
> +	if (cfg & HPET_TN_PERIODIC_CAP)
> +		hdata->flags |= HPET_DEV_PERI_CAP;

This can be expressed by a simple:

     hdata->has_periodic = 1;

And no flag shuffling required at all.

Thanks,

	tglx