[PATCH V3 07/12] ata/sata_mv: Remove conditional compilation of clk code
Lothar Waßmann
LW at KARO-electronics.de
Tue Apr 24 08:51:00 EDT 2012
Hi,
Andrew Lunn writes:
> > -#if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_CLK)
> > hpriv->clk = clk_get(&pdev->dev, NULL);
> > - if (IS_ERR(hpriv->clk))
> > - dev_notice(&pdev->dev, "cannot get clkdev\n");
> > - else
> > - clk_enable(hpriv->clk);
> > -#endif
> > + if (IS_ERR(hpriv->clk)) {
> > + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "cannot get clkdev\n");
> > + return PTR_ERR(hpriv->clk);
> > + }
> > +
> > + clk_enable(hpriv->clk);
>
> Sorry, but still wrong.
>
> The clock is optional. If we can find a clock, turn it on. If not,
> keep going....
>
> You patch causes the missing clock to become a fatal error.
>
The clock API should accept NULL pointers as valid clocks and
treat them as NOP.
Thus drivers wouldn't have to worry about whether they actually got a
clock to manage or if their clocks are just dummies.
Lothar Waßmann
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