Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] clocksource: stm32: convert driver to timer_of

[Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>]

On 17/10/2017 19:34, Benjamin Gaignard wrote:
> 2017-10-17 19:09 GMT+02:00 Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>:
>> On 02/10/2017 17:51, Benjamin Gaignard wrote:
>>> Convert driver to use timer_of helpers. This allow to remove
>>> custom proprietary structure.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@linaro.org>
>>> ---
>>
>> [ ... ]
>>
>>> -     clockevents_config_and_register(&data->evtdev,
>>> -                                     DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(rate, prescaler),
>>> -                                     0x1, max_delta);
>>> -
>>> -     ret = request_irq(irq, stm32_clock_event_handler, IRQF_TIMER,
>>> -                     "stm32 clockevent", data);
>>> -     if (ret) {
>>> -             pr_err("%pOF: failed to request irq.\n", np);
>>> -             goto err_get_irq;
>>> -     }
>>> +     clockevents_config_and_register(&to->clkevt,
>>> +                                     timer_of_period(to), 0x60, max_delta);
>>
>>
>> Why 0x1 -> 0x60 ?
> 
> Because if the min delta is too small it could generate too much interrupts
> and the system will not be able to catch all of them.

You did a change not related to what is described in the log.

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