[RFC/NOT FOR MERGING] HACK: add global/private timers for A9

[balbi@ti.com (Felipe Balbi)]

On Thu, Jun 04, 2015 at 03:18:25PM -0500, Felipe Balbi wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 04, 2015 at 03:08:50PM -0500, Felipe Balbi wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Thu, Jun 04, 2015 at 11:46:59AM +0200, Mason wrote:
> > > Also, check /proc/timer_list for a "Broadcast device". If you don't
> > > define one, the TWD timers are set to periodic mode, with hrtimers
> > > disabled.
> > 
> > Did you manage to turn global timer into Broadcast device ?
> 
> arm_global_timer is marked PERCPU, so it will never be chosen as
> broadcast.

Perhaps this is acceptable ?

diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/arm_global_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/arm_global_timer.c
index e6833771a716..8c0170ac367d 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/arm_global_timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/arm_global_timer.c
@@ -169,8 +169,9 @@ static int gt_clockevents_init(struct clock_event_device *clk)
 	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
 	clk->name = "arm_global_timer";
-	clk->features = CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_PERIODIC | CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_ONESHOT |
-		CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_PERCPU;
+	clk->features = CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_PERIODIC | CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_ONESHOT;
+	if (is_smp() || setup_max_cpus)
+		clk->features |= CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_PERCPU;
 	clk->set_mode = gt_clockevent_set_mode;
 	clk->set_next_event = gt_clockevent_set_next_event;
 	clk->cpumask = cpumask_of(cpu);

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balbi
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