Re: [PATCH 0/7] clk: at91: sckc: improve error path
From: Stephen Boyd
Date: Wed Jun 26 2019 - 14:54:02 EST
Quoting Alexandre Belloni (2019-06-21 02:33:02)
> On 20/06/2019 10:30:42+0000, Claudiu.Beznea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On 18.06.2019 12:55, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> > > On 13/06/2019 15:37:06+0000, Claudiu.Beznea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > >> From: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >>
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> This series tries to improve error path for slow clock registrations
> > >> by adding functions to free resources and using them on failures.
> > >>
> > >
> > > Does the platform even boot when the slow clock is not available?
> > >
> > > The TCB clocksource would fail at:
> > >
> > > tc.slow_clk = of_clk_get_by_name(node->parent, "slow_clk");
> > > if (IS_ERR(tc.slow_clk))
> > > return PTR_ERR(tc.slow_clk);
> > >
> >
> > In case of using TC as clocksource, yes, the platform wouldn't boot if slow
> > clock is not available, because, anyway the TC needs it. PIT may work
> > without it (if slow clock is not used to drive the PIT).
> >
> > For sure there are other IPs (which may be or are driven by slow clock)
> > which may not work if slow clock is driven them.
> >
> > Anyway, please let me know if you feel this series has no meaning.
> >
>
> Well, I'm not sure it is worth it but at the same time, it is not adding
> many lines and you already developed it...
>
Is that a Reviewed-by or a Rejected-by tag?