[PATCH v4 5/7] ARM: architected timers: add support for UP timer

Marc Zyngier marc.zyngier at arm.com
Fri Apr 27 08:55:57 EDT 2012


If CONFIG_LOCAL_TIMERS is not defined, let the architected timer
driver register a single clock_event_device that is used as a
global timer.

Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
---
 arch/arm/kernel/arch_timer.c |   13 +++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/arch_timer.c b/arch/arm/kernel/arch_timer.c
index 1a34eee..154f0a1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/arch_timer.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/arch_timer.c
@@ -246,6 +246,8 @@ static struct local_timer_ops arch_timer_ops __cpuinitdata = {
 	.stop	= arch_timer_stop,
 };
 
+static struct clock_event_device arch_timer_global_evt;
+
 static int __init arch_timer_common_register(void)
 {
 	int err;
@@ -280,6 +282,17 @@ static int __init arch_timer_common_register(void)
 	}
 
 	err = local_timer_register(&arch_timer_ops);
+	if (err) {
+		/*
+		 * We couldn't register as a local timer (could be
+		 * because we're on a UP platform, or because some
+		 * other local timer is already present...). Try as a
+		 * global timer instead.
+		 */
+		arch_timer_global_evt.cpumask = cpumask_of(0);
+		err = arch_timer_setup(&arch_timer_global_evt);
+	}
+
 	if (err)
 		goto out_free_irq;
 
-- 
1.7.7.1





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