Re: [PATCH] eal/ppc64: revert implement arch-specific TSC freq query

["Chao Zhu" <chaozhu@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gowrishankar [mailto:gowrishankar.m@linux.vnet.ibm.com]
> Sent: 2018年1月30日 16:59
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Chao Zhu <chaozhu@linux.vnet.ibm.com>; thomas@monjalon.net;
> Gowrishankar Muthukrishnan <gowrishankar.m@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Subject: [PATCH] eal/ppc64: revert implement arch-specific TSC freq query
> 
> From: Gowrishankar Muthukrishnan <gowrishankar.m@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> 
> This reverts commit 15692396fd68932b6a81f00f12d4b0da12baa7d3
> (eal/ppc64: implement arch-specific TSC freq query). We intended to derive
> pkt/sec estimation with cpu clock frequency. As timebase register serves
the
> timer purpose, we need to stick with it for calculating pkt/sec, hence
reverting
> the change.
> 
> Fixes: 15692396fd (eal/ppc64: implement arch-specific TSC freq query)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gowrishankar Muthukrishnan
> <gowrishankar.m@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  lib/librte_eal/common/arch/ppc_64/rte_cycles.c | 47
+-------------------------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 46 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/arch/ppc_64/rte_cycles.c
> b/lib/librte_eal/common/arch/ppc_64/rte_cycles.c
> index 69a9f74..851fd02 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/common/arch/ppc_64/rte_cycles.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/arch/ppc_64/rte_cycles.c
> @@ -1,52 +1,7 @@
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> -
> -#include <rte_lcore.h>
> -#include <rte_log.h>
> -#include "eal_filesystem.h"
>  #include "eal_private.h"
> 
> -static const char sys_cpu_dir[] = "/sys/devices/system/cpu";
> -
>  uint64_t
>  get_tsc_freq_arch(void)
>  {
> -	unsigned long cpu_hz;
> -	char path[PATH_MAX];
> -
> -	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/cpu%d/cpufreq/cpuinfo_cur_freq",
> -			sys_cpu_dir, rte_get_master_lcore());
> -	if (eal_parse_sysfs_value(path, &cpu_hz) < 0)
> -		RTE_LOG(WARNING, EAL, "Unable to parse %s\n", path);
> -
> -	return cpu_hz*1000;
> +	return 0;
>  }
> --
> 1.9.1
Acked-by: Chao Zhu <chaozhu@linux.vnet.ibm.com>