From: linux@arm.linux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] Dove: Attempt to fix PMU/RTC interrupts
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:53:53 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121121165353.GP3290@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121121155946.GU10259@lunn.ch>
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 04:59:46PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 04:29:44PM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > Fix the acknowledgement of PMU interrupts on Dove: some Dove hardware
> > has not been sensibly designed so that interrupts can be handled in a
> > race free manner. The PMU is one such instance.
>
> Hi Russel
>
> I checked with Marvell. They confirmed there is no race free way to
> clear these interrupts :-(
That's what I thought given how the hardware behaves and what the
documentation says. So the best we can do is to ensure that the window
between reading and writing is as small as possible. Not perfect but
it's the best we can do with the buggy hardware we have. :(
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-11-21 16:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-18 16:29 [PATCH] Dove: Attempt to fix PMU/RTC interrupts Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-11-18 16:39 ` [PATCH] Dove: Fix irq_to_pmu() Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-11-18 19:00 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2012-11-18 20:38 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-11-18 21:02 ` Jason Cooper
2012-11-18 22:31 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-11-18 23:08 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-11-18 23:12 ` Jason Cooper
2012-11-18 23:09 ` kirkwood i2s lockup, was: " Jason Cooper
2012-11-19 6:11 ` Andrew Lunn
2012-11-21 15:59 ` [PATCH] Dove: Attempt to fix PMU/RTC interrupts Andrew Lunn
2012-11-21 16:53 ` Russell King - ARM Linux [this message]
2012-11-21 16:57 ` Jason Cooper
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