Re: [PATCH 1/3] time/sched_clock: Export sched_clock_register()

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 08/02/2023 10:48, walter.chang@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Chun-Hung Wu <chun-hung.wu@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> clocksource driver may use sched_clock_register()
> to resigter itself as a sched_clock source.
> Export it to support building such driver
> as module, like timer-mediatek.c
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chun-Hung Wu <chun-hung.wu@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  kernel/time/sched_clock.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/time/sched_clock.c b/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
> index 8464c5acc913..8e49e87d1221 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
> @@ -150,8 +150,7 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart sched_clock_poll(struct hrtimer *hrt)
>  	return HRTIMER_RESTART;
>  }
>  
> -void __init
> -sched_clock_register(u64 (*read)(void), int bits, unsigned long rate)
> +void sched_clock_register(u64 (*read)(void), int bits, unsigned long rate)

Is there a non-init caller?

>  {
>  	u64 res, wrap, new_mask, new_epoch, cyc, ns;
>  	u32 new_mult, new_shift;
> @@ -223,6 +222,7 @@ sched_clock_register(u64 (*read)(void), int bits, unsigned long rate)
>  
>  	pr_debug("Registered %pS as sched_clock source\n", read);
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sched_clock_register);

Where is the module using it?

You need to bring users of these two changes, not just prepare something
for your out of tree patches.


Best regards,
Krzysztof