Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: arm64 hitting BUG in arch_timer.h | From | Mark Salter <> | Date | Thu, 11 Dec 2014 14:11:09 -0500 |
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On Thu, 2014-12-11 at 22:00 +0300, Sergei Shtylyov wrote: > Hello. > > On 12/10/2014 11:56 PM, Mark Salter wrote: > > > Using Linus' tree from this morning, I am hitting: > > > [ 0.000000] BUG: failure at ./arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h:112/arch_counter_get_cntpct! > > > This is triggered by commit 0b46b8a718 ("clocksource: arch_timer: Fix > > code to use physical timers when requested") which addresses an armv7 > > problem. Arm64 wants to always use a virtual timer. I used this to avoid > > the BUG and get a booting kernel: > > You didn't sign off on the patch, so it can't be applied. > > [...] > > WBR, Sergei >
Right. That was more for discussion. I wasn't sure if that was the best way to fix the problem so I just included what I did to work around it. As it turns out, I wasn't the first to spot the problem or come up with a patch. So, the first patch will go in without my further involvement.
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