Re: [PATCH 1/2] clocksource/drivers/exynos_mct: Prioritise Arm arch timer on arm64

From: Daniel Lezcano
Date: Mon Jun 21 2021 - 06:18:45 EST


On 21/06/2021 12:10, Will Deacon wrote:

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>>> exynos4_mct_frc_start() is called unconditionally from probe via
>>> exynos4_clocksource_init() so as long as the mct probes first, then the
>>> arch timer should work, no? The rating shouldn't affect that.
>>
>> How do you ensure the exynos mct is probed before the arch timer ?
>>
>> The Makefile provides the right order, but the dependency is implicit.
>
> Currently, I think it's done by the order of the CPU hotplug notifiers (
> see the hunk of 6282edb72bed which touches cpuhotplug.h).

Ah, right. Indeed whatever the DT order, the cpuhotplug order solves the
dependency.

Chanwoo, are fine with this change ?


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