[PATCH 5/9] clocksource: tegra: Enable ARM arch_timer with TSC

Marc Zyngier marc.zyngier at arm.com
Thu Dec 20 07:05:45 EST 2012


On 20/12/12 11:57, Hiroshi Doyu wrote:
> Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com> wrote @ Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:01:15 +0100:
> 
>> On 20/12/12 09:44, Hiroshi Doyu wrote:
>>> Add platform enabler for ARM arch_timer(TSC). TSC is more fine grained
>>> timer than TMR0. If it's available, it will be used for clock source
>>> and sched_clock. Otherwise, TMR0 is used. In any case TMR0 is
>>> necessary for clock event.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Doyu <hdoyu at nvidia.com>
>>> ---
>>>  .../bindings/arm/tegra/nvidia,tegra114-tsc.txt     |   11 ++++
>>>  drivers/clocksource/tegra20_timer.c                |   64 +++++++++++++++++++-
>>>  2 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/tegra/nvidia,tegra114-tsc.txt
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/tegra/nvidia,tegra114-tsc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/tegra/nvidia,tegra114-tsc.txt
>>> new file mode 100644
>>> index 0000000..9de936a
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/tegra/nvidia,tegra114-tsc.txt
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
>>> +NVIDIA Tegra Timer Stamp Counter(TSC)
>>> +
>>> +Required properties:
>>> +- compatible : "nvidia,tegra114-tsc
>>> +- reg : Should contain 1 register ranges(address and length)
>>> +
>>> +Example:
>>> +	tsc {
>>> +		compatible = "nvidia,tegra114-tsc";
>>> +		reg = <0x700f0000 0x20000>;
>>> +	};
>>> diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/tegra20_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/tegra20_timer.c
>>> index 1d25de8..285a6f1 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/clocksource/tegra20_timer.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/clocksource/tegra20_timer.c
>>> @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
>>>  #include <asm/mach/time.h>
>>>  #include <asm/smp_twd.h>
>>>  #include <asm/sched_clock.h>
>>> +#include <asm/arch_timer.h>
>>>  
>>>  #define RTC_SECONDS            0x08
>>>  #define RTC_SHADOW_SECONDS     0x0c
>>> @@ -271,10 +272,71 @@ static void __init tegra20_init_tmr(void)
>>>  	clockevents_register_device(&tegra_clockevent);
>>>  }
>>>  
>>> +#define TSC_CNTCR		0		/* TSC control registers */
>>> +#define TSC_CNTCR_ENABLE	(1 << 0)	/* Enable */
>>> +#define TSC_CNTCR_HDBG		(1 << 1)	/* Halt on debug */
>>> +
>>> +#define TSC_CNTCV0		0x8		/* TSC counter (LSW) */
>>> +#define TSC_CNTCV1		0xc		/* TSC counter (MSW) */
>>> +#define TSC_CNTFID0		0x20		/* TSC freq id 0 */
>>> +
>>> +static const struct of_device_id tegra_tsc_match[] __initconst = {
>>> +	{ .compatible = "nvidia,tegra114-tsc" },
>>> +	{}
>>> +};
>>> +
>>> +static int tegra_arch_timer_init(void)
>>> +{
>>> +	int err;
>>> +	struct device_node *np;
>>> +	struct clk *clk;
>>> +	void __iomem *tsc_base;
>>> +	u32 freq, val;
>>> +
>>> +	np = of_find_matching_node(NULL, tegra_tsc_match);
>>> +	if (!np)
>>> +		return -ENODEV;
>>> +
>>> +	tsc_base = of_iomap(np, 0);
>>> +	if (!tsc_base)
>>> +		return -ENODEV;
>>> +
>>> +	clk = clk_get_sys("clk_m", NULL);
>>> +	if (IS_ERR(clk)) {
>>> +		freq = 12000000;
>>> +		pr_warn("Unable to get timer clock. Assuming 12Mhz input clock.\n");
>>> +	} else {
>>> +		freq = clk_get_rate(clk);
>>> +		clk_put(clk);
>>> +	}
>>> +	writel_relaxed(freq, tsc_base + TSC_CNTFID0);
>>> +
>>> +	/* CNTFRQ */
>>> +	asm("mcr p15, 0, %0, c14, c0, 0\n" : : "r" (freq));
>>> +	asm("mrc p15, 0, %0, c14, c0, 0\n" : "=r" (val));
>>> +	BUG_ON(val != freq);
>>
>> This is scary. CNTFRQ is only writable from secure mode, and will
>> explode in any other situation.
>>
>> Also, writing to CNTFRQ doesn't change the timer frequency! This is just
>> a way for secure mode to tell the rest of the world the frequency the
>> timer is ticking at. Unless you've wired the input clock to be able to
>> change the frequency?
> 
> ATM, our upstream kernel is expected in secure mode. This situation
> may be changed later, though....

I appreciate this. But I expect this kernel to be also used on the
non-secure side if someone tried to run KVM with it. And this would go
bang right away.

	M.

-- 
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