Re: [PATCH v9 2/4] arm64: arch_timer: Introduce a generic erratum handing mechanism for fsl-a008585

[Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>]

On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 09:35:14PM +0800, Ding Tianhong wrote:
> The workaround for hisilicon,161010101 will check the return value of the system counter
> by different way, in order to distinguish with the fsl-a008585 workaround, introduce

s/way/ways/

> a new generic erratum handing mechanism for fsl-a008585 and rename some functions.

s/handing/handling/
 
> After discussion with Marc and Will, a consensus decision was made to remove the commandline
> parameter for enabling fsl,erratum-a008585 erratum.

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> Signed-off-by: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong-hv44wF8Li93QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |   9 --
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h             |  38 +++------
>  drivers/clocksource/Kconfig                     |   8 ++
>  drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c            | 105 ++++++++++++++----------
>  4 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 76 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index 21e2d88..76437ad 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -539,15 +539,6 @@
>  			loops can be debugged more effectively on production
>  			systems.
>  
> -	clocksource.arm_arch_timer.fsl-a008585=
> -			[ARM64]
> -			Format: <bool>
> -			Enable/disable the workaround of Freescale/NXP
> -			erratum A-008585.  This can be useful for KVM
> -			guests, if the guest device tree doesn't show the
> -			erratum.  If unspecified, the workaround is
> -			enabled based on the device tree.
> -
>  	clearcpuid=BITNUM [X86]
>  			Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
>  			arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h
> index eaa5bbe..b4b3400 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h
> @@ -29,41 +29,29 @@
>  
>  #include <clocksource/arm_arch_timer.h>
>  
> -#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FSL_ERRATUM_A008585)
> +#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM_ARCH_TIMER_OOL_WORKAROUND)
>  extern struct static_key_false arch_timer_read_ool_enabled;
> -#define needs_fsl_a008585_workaround() \
> +#define needs_unstable_timer_counter_workaround() \
>  	static_branch_unlikely(&arch_timer_read_ool_enabled)
>  #else
> -#define needs_fsl_a008585_workaround()  false
> +#define needs_unstable_timer_counter_workaround()  false
>  #endif
>  
> -u32 __fsl_a008585_read_cntp_tval_el0(void);
> -u32 __fsl_a008585_read_cntv_tval_el0(void);
> -u64 __fsl_a008585_read_cntvct_el0(void);
>  
> -/*
> - * The number of retries is an arbitrary value well beyond the highest number
> - * of iterations the loop has been observed to take.
> - */
> -#define __fsl_a008585_read_reg(reg) ({			\
> -	u64 _old, _new;					\
> -	int _retries = 200;				\
> -							\
> -	do {						\
> -		_old = read_sysreg(reg);		\
> -		_new = read_sysreg(reg);		\
> -		_retries--;				\
> -	} while (unlikely(_old != _new) && _retries);	\
> -							\
> -	WARN_ON_ONCE(!_retries);			\
> -	_new;						\
> -})
> +struct arch_timer_erratum_workaround {
> +	const char *id;		/* Indicate the Erratum ID */
> +	u32 (*read_cntp_tval_el0)(void);
> +	u32 (*read_cntv_tval_el0)(void);
> +	u64 (*read_cntvct_el0)(void);
> +};
> +
> +extern const struct arch_timer_erratum_workaround *timer_unstable_counter_workaround;
>	  
>  #define arch_timer_reg_read_stable(reg) 		\
>  ({							\
>  	u64 _val;					\
> -	if (needs_fsl_a008585_workaround())		\
> -		_val = __fsl_a008585_read_##reg();	\
> +	if (needs_unstable_timer_counter_workaround())		\
> +		_val = timer_unstable_counter_workaround->read_##reg();\
>  	else						\
>  		_val = read_sysreg(reg);		\
>  	_val;						\
> diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig b/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig
> index 4866f7a..6693e07 100644
> --- a/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig
> @@ -325,10 +325,18 @@ config ARM_ARCH_TIMER_EVTSTREAM
>  	  This must be disabled for hardware validation purposes to detect any
>  	  hardware anomalies of missing events.
>  
> +config ARM_ARCH_TIMER_OOL_WORKAROUND
> +	bool
> +	depends on FSL_ERRATUM_A008585

This dependency is not needed as well as the help text below because it is a
silent option.

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