Re: [PATCH] msm: timer: compensate for timer shift in msm_read_timer_count

[David Brown]

On Thu, Jun 09 2011, Daniel Walker wrote:

>> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-msm/timer.c b/arch/arm/mach-msm/timer.c
>> index 38b95e9..b3579fe 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/mach-msm/timer.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-msm/timer.c
>> @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static cycle_t msm_read_timer_count(struct clocksource *cs)
>>  {
>>  	struct msm_clock *clk = container_of(cs, struct msm_clock, clocksource);
>>  
>> -	return readl(clk->global_counter);
>> +	return readl(clk->global_counter) >> clk->shift;
>>  }
>
> Could you comment in the code with something explaining what the shift
> is doing.

Probably best to describe this near msm_clock's definition (or
MSM_DGT_SHIFT), since it is a bit unclear what these values are.
A good (but short) description of how the shifts and even why.

The comment shouldn't be in the function body (CodingStyle, chapter 8).

David

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