[PATCH 08/23] clocksource: drop duplicate register checking

[Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com>]

This is something Thomas already dropped, and I'm just sticking
with that .. If you register your clocksource _twice_ your kernel will
likely not work correctly (and might crash).

Signed-Off-By: Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com>

---
 kernel/time/clocksource.c |   19 ++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.19/kernel/time/clocksource.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19.orig/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ linux-2.6.19/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -186,16 +186,12 @@ int clocksource_register(struct clocksou
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&clocksource_lock, flags);
-	if (unlikely(!list_empty(&c->list) && __is_registered(c->name))) {
-		printk("register_clocksource: Cannot register %s clocksource. "
-		       "Already registered!", c->name);
-		ret = -EBUSY;
-	} else {
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&c->list);
- 		__sorted_list_add(c);
-		/* scan the registered clocksources, and pick the best one */
-		next_clocksource = select_clocksource();
-	}
+ 	__sorted_list_add(c);
+
+	/*
+	 * scan the registered clocksources, and pick the best one
+	 */
+	next_clocksource = select_clocksource();
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&clocksource_lock, flags);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -212,9 +208,6 @@ void clocksource_rating_change(struct cl
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (unlikely(list_empty(&c->list)))
-		return;
-
   	spin_lock_irqsave(&clocksource_lock, flags);
 
 	/*

-- 
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