[PATCH] OMAP2+: clocksource: fix crash on boot when !CONFIG_OMAP_32K_TIMER
Tony Lindgren
tony at atomide.com
Thu Feb 24 15:21:57 EST 2011
* Paul Walmsley <paul at pwsan.com> [110222 18:58]:
>
> OMAP2+ kernels built without CONFIG_OMAP_32K_TIMER crash on boot after the
> 2.6.38 sched_clock changes:
>
> [ 0.000000] OMAP clockevent source: GPTIMER1 at 13000000 Hz
> [ 0.000000] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000
> [ 0.000000] pgd = c0004000
> [ 0.000000] [00000000] *pgd=00000000
> [ 0.000000] Internal error: Oops: 80000005 [#1] SMP
> [ 0.000000] last sysfs file:
> [ 0.000000] Modules linked in:
> [ 0.000000] CPU: 0 Not tainted (2.6.38-rc5-00057-g04aa67d #152)
> [ 0.000000] PC is at 0x0
> [ 0.000000] LR is at sched_clock_poll+0x2c/0x3c
>
> Without CONFIG_OMAP_32K_TIMER, the kernel has an clockevent and
> clocksource resolution about three orders of magnitude higher than
> with CONFIG_OMAP_32K_TIMER set. The tradeoff is that the lowest
> power consumption states are not available.
>
> Fix by calling init_sched_clock() from the GPTIMER clocksource init code.
I'll queue this as a fix as it's a regression.
Tony
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