[PATCH 1/3] clocksource/drivers/timer-ti-dm: Fix posted mode status check order

[Grygorii Strashko]

On 05/03/2021 09:53, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> * Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko at ti.com> [210304 20:58]:
>> On 04/03/2021 09:21, Tony Lindgren wrote:
>>> When the timer is configured in posted mode, we need to check the write-
>>> posted status register (TWPS) before writing to the register.
> ...
> 
>>> --- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-ti-dm-systimer.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-ti-dm-systimer.c
>>> @@ -449,13 +449,13 @@ static int dmtimer_set_next_event(unsigned long cycles,
>>>    	struct dmtimer_systimer *t = &clkevt->t;
>>>    	void __iomem *pend = t->base + t->pend;
>>> -	writel_relaxed(0xffffffff - cycles, t->base + t->counter);
>>>    	while (readl_relaxed(pend) & WP_TCRR)
>>>    		cpu_relax();
>>> +	writel_relaxed(0xffffffff - cycles, t->base + t->counter);
>>> -	writel_relaxed(OMAP_TIMER_CTRL_ST, t->base + t->ctrl);
>>>    	while (readl_relaxed(pend) & WP_TCLR)
>>>    		cpu_relax();
>>> +	writel_relaxed(OMAP_TIMER_CTRL_ST, t->base + t->ctrl);
>>
>> It seems static [and inline] helper here could be better solution. no?
> 
> Well we wanted to get rid of the confusing macros. And in this case I
> suspect we can eventually do just one read of the pending register for
> the registers used mask rather than check the status separately multiple
> times. But that needs to be carefully tested and is not a fix :)

Might work.

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Best regards,
grygorii