[PATCH] arm64: arch_timer: Fix the lack of set_next_event* for workaround of Cortex-A73 erratum 858921

[Kunkun Jiang]

Hi Oliver,

Thank you for your suggestion. I've modified it in v2.

Thanks,
Kunkun Jiang

On 2022/9/13 19:26, Oliver Upton wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 06:47:23PM +0800, Kunkun Jiang wrote:
>> The patch a38b71b0833e moves the programming of the timers from
> Please check your patch with scripts/checkpatch.pl next time.
> Use this pattern when referring to a commit in the changelog:
>
> commit a38b71b0833e ("clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Move
> system register timer programming over to CVAL") moved the
> programming...
>
>> the countdown timer (TVAL) over to the comparator (CVAL). This
>> makes it necessary to read the counter when setting next event.
>> However, the workaround of Cortex-A73 erratum 858921 does not
>> set the corresponding set_next_event_phys and set_next_event_virt.
>> This patch fixes it.
> Avoid referring to 'this patch', and just state imperatively what the
> change does, perhaps:
>
> Add the appropriate hooks to apply the erratum mitigation when
> programming the next timer event.
>
> Thanks for catching this!
>
> --
> Best,
> Oliver
> .