Re: [PATCH 1/3] CLK: uninline clk_prepare() and clk_unprepare()

From: Dmitry Torokhov
Date: Tue Nov 20 2012 - 04:57:56 EST


On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 09:32:42AM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 01:22:17AM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > We'll need to invoke clk_unprepare() via a pointer in our devm_*
> > conversion so let's uninline the pair.
>
> NAK. This breaks non-common clock using implementations.

As Viresh mentioned I provided stubs for case when we do not have
CONFIG_HAVE_CLK, so I am not sure how I'll break these platforms, but I
am certainly open for suggestions.

>
> Why do you need to call this function via a pointer? That sounds absurd.

devres framework takes and stores a pointer to a "destructor" which will
be used later.

Thanks.

--
Dmitry
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