commit a89c7edbe7d7aa80f507915f3dd801211b116b79
author Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Thu Apr 25 20:31:46 2013 +0000
committer Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Thu May 16 11:09:16 2013 +0200
tree 9981bee7be59b28979438fc2701228874856607b
parent 7eaeb34305dee26634f7c98ae62646da5cebe91d

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>

include/linux/clocksource.h

diff --git a/include/linux/clocksource.h b/include/linux/clocksource.h
index 32a895b..2f39a49 100644
--- a/include/linux/clocksource.h
+++ b/include/linux/clocksource.h
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
 
 
 extern int clocksource_register(struct clocksource*);
-extern void clocksource_unregister(struct clocksource*);
+extern int clocksource_unregister(struct clocksource*);
 extern void clocksource_touch_watchdog(void);
 extern struct clocksource* clocksource_get_next(void);
 extern void clocksource_change_rating(struct clocksource *cs, int rating);

kernel/time/clocksource.c

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);