Re: [PATCH][MIPS] add GT641xx timer0 clockevent

[Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>]

On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 07:21:28AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:

> > Thomas, clockevents_program_event() (or ->set_next_event() method for
> > clock_event_device) is supposed to be called with interrupt enabled?
> 
> Actually all call sites have interrupts disabled right now and I can
> not think of a reason why we would ever call with interrupts
> enabled. Time to add some comment.

In which case arch/{mips,x86]/kernel/i8253.c can both be improved too.

  Ralf

Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>

 arch/mips/kernel/i8253.c |   12 ++++--------
 arch/x86/kernel/i8253.c  |   12 ++++--------
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/i8253.c b/arch/mips/kernel/i8253.c
index 5d9830d..1b54674 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/i8253.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/i8253.c
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(i8253_lock);
 static void init_pit_timer(enum clock_event_mode mode,
 			   struct clock_event_device *evt)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&i8253_lock, flags);
+	spin_lock(&i8253_lock);
 
 	switch(mode) {
 	case CLOCK_EVT_MODE_PERIODIC:
@@ -54,7 +52,7 @@ static void init_pit_timer(enum clock_event_mode mode,
 		/* Nothing to do here */
 		break;
 	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&i8253_lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock(&i8253_lock);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -64,12 +62,10 @@ static void init_pit_timer(enum clock_event_mode mode,
  */
 static int pit_next_event(unsigned long delta, struct clock_event_device *evt)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&i8253_lock, flags);
+	spin_lock(&i8253_lock);
 	outb_p(delta & 0xff , PIT_CH0);	/* LSB */
 	outb(delta >> 8 , PIT_CH0);	/* MSB */
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&i8253_lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock(&i8253_lock);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/i8253.c b/arch/x86/kernel/i8253.c
index a42c807..5246515 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/i8253.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/i8253.c
@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@ struct clock_event_device *global_clock_event;
 static void init_pit_timer(enum clock_event_mode mode,
 			   struct clock_event_device *evt)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&i8253_lock, flags);
+	spin_lock(&i8253_lock);
 
 	switch(mode) {
 	case CLOCK_EVT_MODE_PERIODIC:
@@ -62,7 +60,7 @@ static void init_pit_timer(enum clock_event_mode mode,
 		/* Nothing to do here */
 		break;
 	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&i8253_lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock(&i8253_lock);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -72,12 +70,10 @@ static void init_pit_timer(enum clock_event_mode mode,
  */
 static int pit_next_event(unsigned long delta, struct clock_event_device *evt)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&i8253_lock, flags);
+	spin_lock(&i8253_lock);
 	outb_p(delta & 0xff , PIT_CH0);	/* LSB */
 	outb(delta >> 8 , PIT_CH0);	/* MSB */
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&i8253_lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock(&i8253_lock);
 
 	return 0;
 }