[PATCH v2 1/3] clocksource: arm_arch_timer: change clocksource name if CP15 unavailable

Nathan Lynch nathan_lynch at mentor.com
Thu Sep 18 07:59:33 PDT 2014


The arm and arm64 VDSOs need CP15 access to the architected counter.
If this is unavailable (which is allowed by ARM v7), indicate this by
changing the clocksource name to "arch_mem_counter" before registering
the clocksource.

Suggested by Stephen Boyd.

Signed-off-by: Nathan Lynch <nathan_lynch at mentor.com>
Reviewed-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd at codeaurora.org>
---
 drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
index 5163ec13429d..c99afdf12e98 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
@@ -429,11 +429,19 @@ static void __init arch_counter_register(unsigned type)
 	u64 start_count;
 
 	/* Register the CP15 based counter if we have one */
-	if (type & ARCH_CP15_TIMER)
+	if (type & ARCH_CP15_TIMER) {
 		arch_timer_read_counter = arch_counter_get_cntvct;
-	else
+	} else {
 		arch_timer_read_counter = arch_counter_get_cntvct_mem;
 
+		/* If the clocksource name is "arch_sys_counter" the
+		 * VDSO will attempt to read the CP15-based counter.
+		 * Ensure this does not happen when CP15-based
+		 * counter is not available.
+		 */
+		clocksource_counter.name = "arch_mem_counter";
+	}
+
 	start_count = arch_timer_read_counter();
 	clocksource_register_hz(&clocksource_counter, arch_timer_rate);
 	cyclecounter.mult = clocksource_counter.mult;
-- 
1.9.3




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