Re: [PATCH v5a 2/5] clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Do not use timer namespace for timer_shutdown() function

From: Marc Zyngier
Date: Sun Nov 06 2022 - 06:10:32 EST


On Sun, 06 Nov 2022 05:45:37 +0000,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> A new "shutdown" timer state is being added to the generic timer code. One
> of the functions to change the timer into the state is called
> "timer_shutdown()". This means that there can not be other functions
> called "timer_shutdown()" as the timer code owns the "timer_*" name space.
>
> Rename timer_shutdown() to arch_timer_shutdown() to avoid this conflict.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221105060155.409832154@xxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>

M.

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