Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 26 Sep 2014 09:04:30 +0200 | From | Daniel Lezcano <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] clocksource: arm_arch_timer: change clocksource name if CP15 unavailable |
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On 09/18/2014 04:59 PM, Nathan Lynch wrote: > The arm and arm64 VDSOs need CP15 access to the architected counter. > If this is unavailable (which is allowed by ARM v7), indicate this by > changing the clocksource name to "arch_mem_counter" before registering > the clocksource. > > Suggested by Stephen Boyd. > > Signed-off-by: Nathan Lynch <nathan_lynch@mentor.com> > Reviewed-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
Hi Nathan,
is it possible to have the acked-by of the different maintainers for the other patches ?
Are these patches targeted to be merged for 3.18 ?
Thanks -- Daniel
> --- > drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c | 12 ++++++++++-- > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c > index 5163ec13429d..c99afdf12e98 100644 > --- a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c > +++ b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c > @@ -429,11 +429,19 @@ static void __init arch_counter_register(unsigned type) > u64 start_count; > > /* Register the CP15 based counter if we have one */ > - if (type & ARCH_CP15_TIMER) > + if (type & ARCH_CP15_TIMER) { > arch_timer_read_counter = arch_counter_get_cntvct; > - else > + } else { > arch_timer_read_counter = arch_counter_get_cntvct_mem; > > + /* If the clocksource name is "arch_sys_counter" the > + * VDSO will attempt to read the CP15-based counter. > + * Ensure this does not happen when CP15-based > + * counter is not available. > + */ > + clocksource_counter.name = "arch_mem_counter"; > + } > + > start_count = arch_timer_read_counter(); > clocksource_register_hz(&clocksource_counter, arch_timer_rate); > cyclecounter.mult = clocksource_counter.mult; >
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