Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 20 Aug 2020 10:59:03 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH v7 0/4] Dedicated CLINT timer driver | From | Palmer Dabbelt <> |
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On Mon, 17 Aug 2020 05:42:47 PDT (-0700), Anup Patel wrote: > The current RISC-V timer driver is convoluted and implements two > distinct timers: > 1. S-mode timer: This is for Linux RISC-V S-mode with MMU. The > clocksource is implemented using TIME CSR and clockevent device > is implemented using SBI Timer calls. > 2. M-mode timer: This is for Linux RISC-V M-mode without MMU. The > clocksource is implemented using CLINT MMIO time register and > clockevent device is implemented using CLINT MMIO timecmp registers. > > This patchset removes clint related code from RISC-V timer driver and > arch/riscv directory. Instead, the series adds a dedicated MMIO based > CLINT driver under drivers/clocksource directory which can be used by > Linux RISC-V M-mode (i.e NoMMU Linux RISC-V). > > The patchset is based up Linux-5.9-rc1 and can be found at riscv_clint_v7 > branch of: https://github.com/avpatel/linux.git > > This series is tested on: > 1. QEMU RV64 virt machine using Linux RISC-V S-mode > 2. QEMU RV32 virt machine using Linux RISC-V S-mode > 3. QEMU RV64 virt machine using Linux RISC-V M-mode (i.e. NoMMU) > > Changes since v6: > - Rebased series on Linux-5.9-rc1 > > Changes since v5: > - Fixed order of compatible strings in PATCH4 > - Added "additionalProperties: false" in PATCH4 > - Fixed register space size for example DT node in PATCH4 > > Changes since v4: > - Rebased series on Linux-5.8-rc6 > - Updated Kconfig option as suggested by Daniel in PATCH2 > - Removed per-CPU registered flag in PATCH2 > - Addressed nit comments from Atish in PATCH2 > > Changes since v3: > - Updated commit description of PATCH2 > - Use clint_get_cycles64() in clint_rdtime() of PATCH2 > - Call clockevents_config_and_register() only once for each CPU in > clint_timer_starting_cpu of PATCH2 > - Select CLINT timer driver from platform Kconfig in PATCH3 > - Fixed 'make dt_binding_check' for PATCH4 > > Changes since v2: > - Rebased series on Linux-5.8-rc5 > - Squashed PATCH3 onto PATCH2 to preserve GIT bisectability > - Moved PATCH4 before PATCH2 to preserve GIT bisectability > - Replaced CLINT dt-bindings text document with YAML schema > - Use SiFive CLINT compatible string as per SiFive IP block versioning > > Changes since v1: > - Rebased series on Linux-5.8-rc2 > - Added pr_warn() for case where ipi_ops not available in PATCH1 > - Updated ipi_inject() prototype to use "struct cpumask *" in PATCH1 > - Updated CLINT_TIMER kconfig option to depend on RISCV_M_MODE in PATCH4 > - Added riscv,clint0 compatible string in DT bindings document > > Anup Patel (4): > RISC-V: Add mechanism to provide custom IPI operations > clocksource/drivers: Add CLINT timer driver > RISC-V: Remove CLINT related code from timer and arch > dt-bindings: timer: Add CLINT bindings > > .../bindings/timer/sifive,clint.yaml | 60 +++++ > arch/riscv/Kconfig | 2 +- > arch/riscv/Kconfig.socs | 2 + > arch/riscv/configs/nommu_virt_defconfig | 7 +- > arch/riscv/include/asm/clint.h | 39 --- > arch/riscv/include/asm/smp.h | 19 ++ > arch/riscv/include/asm/timex.h | 28 +-- > arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile | 2 +- > arch/riscv/kernel/clint.c | 44 ---- > arch/riscv/kernel/sbi.c | 14 ++ > arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c | 2 - > arch/riscv/kernel/smp.c | 44 ++-- > arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c | 4 +- > drivers/clocksource/Kconfig | 12 +- > drivers/clocksource/Makefile | 1 + > drivers/clocksource/timer-clint.c | 226 ++++++++++++++++++ > drivers/clocksource/timer-riscv.c | 17 +- > include/linux/cpuhotplug.h | 1 + > 18 files changed, 371 insertions(+), 153 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/timer/sifive,clint.yaml > delete mode 100644 arch/riscv/include/asm/clint.h > delete mode 100644 arch/riscv/kernel/clint.c > create mode 100644 drivers/clocksource/timer-clint.c
Thanks. These are on fixes.
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