On Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 10:51:10AM +0100, John Crispin wrote:
> On 06/01/11 00:49, Jamie Iles wrote:
> > I think you need a clk_put() here too to balance the clk_get() in the
> > probe method so you'll need to keep a reference to the clk.
> >
> >
>
> Hi Jamie,
>
> i will fold your suggestions into the series.
>
> the clk.c/h implementation on the lantiq target is very simple. it only
> allows to read the static rates of the 3 clocks. clk_put is implemented
> as follows
>
> void
> clk_put(struct clk *clk)
> {
> /* not used */
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(clk_put);
>
> so in theory you are right and we should call that function, however as
> it is only a stub and the driver is only used by the lantiq target i
> think it is save to leave out the clk_put(); call. we could however put
> a commet in the code to make this clear (same as with the clk_enable()
> not being needed as the clocks are always running)
Could that ever change for future devices that share the same watchdog
block? If so, then adding in that clk_put() and clk_enable() might be
worth it as it doesn't cost much.
Jamie
