[PATCH 15/17] arm64: arch_timer: Workaround for Cortex-A73 erratum 858921

Mark Rutland mark.rutland at arm.com
Mon Mar 20 07:58:03 PDT 2017


On Mon, Mar 06, 2017 at 11:26:20AM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> Cortex-A73 (all versions) counter read can return a wrong value
> when the counter crosses a 32bit boundary.
> 
> The workaround involves performing the read twice, and to return
> one or the other depending on whether a transition has taken place.
 
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_858921
> +static u64 notrace arm64_858921_read_cntvct_el0(void)
> +{
> +	u64 _old, _new;
> +
> +	_old = read_sysreg(cntvct_el0);
> +	_new = read_sysreg(cntvct_el0);
> +	return (((_old ^ _new) >> 32) & 1) ? _old : _new;
> +}
> +#endif

Given this is a static inline, I think we can drop the underscores here.

Thanks,
Mark.



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