[PATCH] arch_timer: Do not register arch_sys_counter twice
John Stultz
john.stultz at linaro.org
Tue Oct 15 12:51:21 EDT 2013
On 10/15/2013 06:31 AM, Thierry Reding wrote:
> Commit 65cd4f6 (arch_timer: Move to generic sched_clock framework) added
> code to register the arch_sys_counter in arch_timer_register() but it is
> already registered in arch_counter_register(). This results in the timer
> being added to the clocksource list twice, therefore causing an infinite
> loop in the list.
>
> Remove the duplicate registration and register the scheduler clock after
> the original registration instead.
>
> This fixes a hang during boot on Tegra114 (Cortex-A15).
>
> Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <treding at nvidia.com>
Acked-by: John Stultz <john.stultz at linaro.org>
Ingo/Thomas, apologies here, I miss-resolved the conflict updating
Stephens' patch (and also didn't add a note in the commit about it!),
which is causing issues in -next.
Would you mind applying this to tip/timers/core?
thanks
-john
> ---
> While I've only tested this on Tegra114, I suspect the same hang during
> boot happens for all processors that use this clock source.
>
> drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c | 12 +++---------
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
> index f655036..95fb944 100644
> --- a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
> +++ b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
> @@ -436,6 +436,9 @@ static void __init arch_counter_register(unsigned type)
> cyclecounter.mult = clocksource_counter.mult;
> cyclecounter.shift = clocksource_counter.shift;
> timecounter_init(&timecounter, &cyclecounter, start_count);
> +
> + /* 56 bits minimum, so we assume worst case rollover */
> + sched_clock_register(arch_timer_read_counter, 56, arch_timer_rate);
> }
>
> static void arch_timer_stop(struct clock_event_device *clk)
> @@ -515,15 +518,6 @@ static int __init arch_timer_register(void)
> goto out;
> }
>
> - clocksource_register_hz(&clocksource_counter, arch_timer_rate);
> - cyclecounter.mult = clocksource_counter.mult;
> - cyclecounter.shift = clocksource_counter.shift;
> - timecounter_init(&timecounter, &cyclecounter,
> - arch_counter_get_cntvct());
> -
> - /* 56 bits minimum, so we assume worst case rollover */
> - sched_clock_register(arch_timer_read_counter, 56, arch_timer_rate);
> -
> if (arch_timer_use_virtual) {
> ppi = arch_timer_ppi[VIRT_PPI];
> err = request_percpu_irq(ppi, arch_timer_handler_virt,
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