Revert "time: add weak annotation to timer_read_counter declaration"
This reverts commit 65ba7add. A weak extern is a nasty sight to behold: If the symbol is never defined, on ARM, the linker will replace the function call with a NOP. This behavior isn't well documented but there are at least some hints to it [1]. When timer_read_counter() is not defined, this obviously does the wrong thing here and it does so silently. The consequence is that a board without timer_read_counter() will sleep for random amounts and generally have erratic get_ticks() values. Drop the __weak annotation of the extern so a linker error is raised when timer_read_counter() is not defined. This is okay, the original reason for the reverted change - breaking the sandbox build - no longer applies. Final sidenote: This was the only weak extern in the entire tree at this time as far as I can tell. I guess we should avoid introduction of them again as they are obviously a very big footgun. [1]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31203402/gcc-behavior-for-unresolved-weak-functions Fixes: 65ba7add ("time: add weak annotation to timer_read_counter declaration") Reported-by:Serge Bazanski <q3k@q3k.org> Signed-off-by:
Harald Seiler <hws@denx.de>
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