Re: [PATCHv2] clocksource:fix kernel panic due late cs5535_clockevent

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Tue, 31 May 2016, Hans Ulli Kroll wrote:
> @@ -152,6 +153,9 @@ static int __init cs5535_mfgpt_init(void)
>       }
>       cs5535_event_clock = timer;
>  
> +     clockevents_config_and_register(&cs5535_clockevent, MFGPT_HZ,
> +                                     0xF, 0xFFFE);
> +
>       /* Set up the IRQ on the MFGPT side */
>       if (cs5535_mfgpt_setup_irq(timer, MFGPT_CMP2, &timer_irq)) {
>               printk(KERN_ERR DRV_NAME ": Could not set up IRQ %d\n",

So what happens if that fails?

Thanks,

        tglx