clocksource: Let clocksource_unregister() return success/error
The unregister call can fail, if the clocksource is the current one
and there is no replacement clocksource available. It can also fail,
if the clocksource is the watchdog clocksource and I'm not going to
provide support for this.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Cc: Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@gmail.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130425143436.029915527@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
index 791d1ae..31b9033 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -389,28 +389,17 @@
static void clocksource_dequeue_watchdog(struct clocksource *cs)
{
- struct clocksource *tmp;
unsigned long flags;
spin_lock_irqsave(&watchdog_lock, flags);
- if (cs->flags & CLOCK_SOURCE_MUST_VERIFY) {
- /* cs is a watched clocksource. */
- list_del_init(&cs->wd_list);
- } else if (cs == watchdog) {
- /* Reset watchdog cycles */
- clocksource_reset_watchdog();
- /* Current watchdog is removed. Find an alternative. */
- watchdog = NULL;
- list_for_each_entry(tmp, &clocksource_list, list) {
- if (tmp == cs || tmp->flags & CLOCK_SOURCE_MUST_VERIFY)
- continue;
- if (!watchdog || tmp->rating > watchdog->rating)
- watchdog = tmp;
+ if (cs != watchdog) {
+ if (cs->flags & CLOCK_SOURCE_MUST_VERIFY) {
+ /* cs is a watched clocksource. */
+ list_del_init(&cs->wd_list);
+ /* Check if the watchdog timer needs to be stopped. */
+ clocksource_stop_watchdog();
}
}
- cs->flags &= ~CLOCK_SOURCE_WATCHDOG;
- /* Check if the watchdog timer needs to be stopped. */
- clocksource_stop_watchdog();
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&watchdog_lock, flags);
}
@@ -841,13 +830,15 @@
* clocksource_unregister - remove a registered clocksource
* @cs: clocksource to be unregistered
*/
-void clocksource_unregister(struct clocksource *cs)
+int clocksource_unregister(struct clocksource *cs)
{
+ int ret = 0;
+
mutex_lock(&clocksource_mutex);
- clocksource_dequeue_watchdog(cs);
- list_del(&cs->list);
- clocksource_select();
+ if (!list_empty(&cs->list))
+ ret = clocksource_unbind(cs);
mutex_unlock(&clocksource_mutex);
+ return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(clocksource_unregister);