Hi Guenter,

On 21 May 2015 at 23:28, Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> wrote:
> On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 08:09:02AM -0500, Timur Tabi wrote:
>> Guenter Roeck wrote:
>> >>
>> >>+static unsigned int sbsa_gwdt_get_timeleft(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
>> >>+{
>> >>+    struct sbsa_gwdt *gwdt = to_sbsa_gwdt(wdd);
>> >>+    u64 timeleft = sbsa_gwdt_get_wcv(wdd) - arch_counter_get_cntvct();
>> >>+
>> >
>> >Still not happy about the use of arch_counter_get_cntvct
>> >instead of using the clock subsystem. I am quite sure this could be done,
>> >possibly through arch_sys_counter, though at this point I am getting wary
>> >of bringing it up, so I guess I'll just let it go.
>>
>> You made the same comment with my driver, and I keep asking for
>> clarification.  The clk_get_sys() API does not work on my system, because
>> there are not clocks defined.  That must be an ACPI limitation that I can't
>> fix.
>>
> Would it be possible to define such clocks ?
>
>> The alternative to arch_counter_get_cntvct() is arch_timer_read_counter(),
>> which is not exported.  So we have two choices,
>>
>> 1) Continue to use arch_counter_get_cntvct(), which works on all ARM64
>> platforms that this driver supports anyway
>>
>> 2) Export arch_timer_read_counter()
>>
>> I prefer option #1.
>>
> Do we have any feedback from the arm maintainers ?
>
> My problem is that I don't want to be the first one to permit using
> those functions outside architecture and clock code. If we do this,
> we should get an Ack from an arm maintainer specifically for the use
> of arch_counter_get_cntvct() and arch_timer_get_rate().

IMO, we may need to use  arch_timer_read_counter.
Reason:  Once the Linux kernel has KVM support and is in hyp mode. we
may need to use arch_counter_get_cntpct.
So arch_timer driver have helped us to make arch_timer_read_counter
point to the right function.
and arch_timer_read_counter is in the
include/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.h,  just like arch_timer_get_rate
as a interface




>
> Thanks,
> Guenter
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