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From: will.deacon@arm.com (Will Deacon)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] ARM: arch timer: implement read_current_timer and get_cycles
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 13:59:29 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120705125929.GG3399@mudshark.cambridge.arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4FF58A27.7030309@renesas.com>

On Thu, Jul 05, 2012 at 01:35:51PM +0100, Shinya Kuribayashi wrote:
> On 6/30/2012 2:33 AM, Will Deacon wrote:
> > +#ifdef ARCH_HAS_READ_CURRENT_TIMER
> > +#define get_cycles()	({ cycles_t c; read_current_timer(&c) ? 0 : c; })
> > +#else
> > +#define get_cycles()	(0)
> > +#endif
> >  
> >  #endif
> 
> Except <asm/arch_timer.h> inclusion, this change is not arch_timer-
> dependent, but general parts for ARM, connecting read_current_timer()
> and get_cycles().  Should be folded into patch 2/2.

I'm not so sure. Before this patch, nobody implements read_current_timer for
ARM as far as I can tell, so with the first user it makes sense to add this
definition. It's also used on its own outside of the new delay implementation
as an entropy source.

Will

  reply	other threads:[~2012-07-05 12:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-06-29 17:33 [PATCH v2 0/2] Use architected timers for delay loop Will Deacon
2012-06-29 17:33 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] ARM: arch timer: implement read_current_timer and get_cycles Will Deacon
2012-07-02 19:14   ` Stephen Boyd
2012-07-05 12:35   ` Shinya Kuribayashi
2012-07-05 12:59     ` Will Deacon [this message]
2012-06-29 17:33 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] ARM: delay: allow timer-based delay implementation to be selected Will Deacon
2012-07-02 19:14   ` Stephen Boyd
2012-07-02 21:53     ` Will Deacon
2012-07-03 12:09   ` Shinya Kuribayashi
2012-07-04 15:36     ` Will Deacon
2012-07-05 12:12       ` Shinya Kuribayashi
2012-07-05 12:56         ` Will Deacon
2012-07-05 16:51           ` Stephen Boyd
2012-07-05 13:06   ` Shinya Kuribayashi
2012-07-05 14:15     ` Will Deacon
2012-07-12  7:33   ` Shinya Kuribayashi
2012-07-12  8:44     ` Will Deacon
2012-07-12  9:35       ` Shinya Kuribayashi
2012-07-12 16:40         ` Stephen Boyd
2012-07-13  2:16           ` Shinya Kuribayashi
2012-07-13  8:57             ` Will Deacon
2012-07-13 10:48               ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-07-13 11:13                 ` Will Deacon
2012-07-13 12:04                   ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-07-13 12:08                     ` Will Deacon
2012-07-13 12:14                       ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-07-13 12:23                         ` Will Deacon
2012-07-13 12:28                           ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-07-17  3:10                   ` Shinya Kuribayashi
2012-07-17  6:11                     ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-07-17  7:42                       ` Shinya Kuribayashi
2012-07-17  9:05                         ` Will Deacon
2012-07-19 12:43                           ` Shinya Kuribayashi
2012-07-18 17:52                         ` Will Deacon
2012-07-19 15:19                           ` Jonathan Austin
2012-07-20 10:17                             ` Will Deacon
2012-07-24  9:06                               ` Shinya Kuribayashi
2012-07-24  9:15                                 ` Will Deacon

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