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SubjectRe: [PATCH] clocksource/drivers/fttmr010: fix set_next_event handler
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On 20/09/2018 00:13, Tao Ren wrote:
> Currently, the aspeed MATCH1 register is updated to <current_count -
> cycles> in set_next_event handler, with the assumption that COUNT
> register value is preserved when the timer is disabled and it continues
> decrementing after the timer is enabled. But the assumption is wrong:
> RELOAD register is loaded into COUNT register when the aspeed timer is
> enabled, which means the next event may be delayed because timer
> interrupt won't be generated until <0xFFFFFFFF - current_count +
> cycles>.
>
> The problem can be fixed by updating RELOAD register to <cycles>, and
> COUNT register will be re-loaded when the timer is enabled and interrupt
> is generated when COUNT register overflows.
>
> The test result on Facebook Backpack-CMM BMC hardware (AST2500) shows
> the issue is fixed: without the patch, usleep(100) suspends the process
> for several milliseconds (and sometimes even over 40 milliseconds);
> after applying the fix, usleep(100) takes averagely 240 microseconds to
> return under the same workload level.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tao Ren <taoren@fb.com>

Linus, any comments ?

> ---
> drivers/clocksource/timer-fttmr010.c | 18 +++++++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-fttmr010.c b/drivers/clocksource/timer-fttmr010.c
> index c020038ebfab..cf93f6419b51 100644
> --- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-fttmr010.c
> +++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-fttmr010.c
> @@ -130,13 +130,17 @@ static int fttmr010_timer_set_next_event(unsigned long cycles,
> cr &= ~fttmr010->t1_enable_val;
> writel(cr, fttmr010->base + TIMER_CR);
>
> - /* Setup the match register forward/backward in time */
> - cr = readl(fttmr010->base + TIMER1_COUNT);
> - if (fttmr010->count_down)
> - cr -= cycles;
> - else
> - cr += cycles;
> - writel(cr, fttmr010->base + TIMER1_MATCH1);
> + if (fttmr010->count_down) {
> + /*
> + * ASPEED Timer Controller will load TIMER1_LOAD register
> + * into TIMER1_COUNT register when the timer is re-enabled.
> + */
> + writel(cycles, fttmr010->base + TIMER1_LOAD);
> + } else {
> + /* Setup the match register forward in time */
> + cr = readl(fttmr010->base + TIMER1_COUNT);
> + writel(cr + cycles, fttmr010->base + TIMER1_MATCH1);
> + }
>
> /* Start */
> cr = readl(fttmr010->base + TIMER_CR);
>


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