[PATCH v2 4/4] ARM: architected timers: add support for UP timer

[Christopher Covington]

Hi Marc,

On 02/01/2012 11:59 AM, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> If CONFIG_LOCAL_TIMERS is not defined, let the architected timer
> driver register a single clock_event_device that is used as a
> global timer.

[snip]

>  static int __init arch_timer_common_register(void)
>  {
> @@ -277,7 +281,16 @@ static int __init arch_timer_common_register(void)
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> -	err = local_timer_register(&arch_timer_ops);
> +#ifdef CONFIG_LOCAL_TIMERS
> +	if (is_smp())
> +		err = local_timer_register(&arch_timer_ops);
> +	else
> +#endif
> +	{
> +		arch_timer_global_evt.cpumask = cpumask_of(0);
> +		err = arch_timer_setup(&arch_timer_global_evt);
> +	}
> +
>  	if (err)
>  		goto out_free_irq;
>  

The logic here seems unnecessarily split between the preprocessor and
compiler. Certainly this can be revised to a more elegant form that
better keeps with the guidelines on ifdef usage [1].

1. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5780?page=0,3

Regards,
Christopher

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