Re: [PATCH v2] clocksource/fsl: Fix errata A-007728 for flextimer

[Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>]

On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 02:46:01PM +0800, Meng Yi wrote:
> If the FTM counter reaches the FTM_MOD value between the reading of the
> TOF bit and the writing of 0 to the TOF bit, the process of clearing the
> TOF bit does not work as expected when FTMx_CONF[NUMTOF] != 0 and the
> current TOF count is less than FTMx_CONF[NUMTOF]. If the above condition
> is met, the TOF bit remains set. If the TOF interrupt is enabled
> (FTMx_SC[TOIE] = 1), the TOF interrupt also remains asserted.
> 
> Above is the errata discription
> 
> The workaround is clearing TOF bit until it is cleaned(FTM counter doesn't
> always reache the FTM_MOD anyway),which may cost some cycles.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Meng Yi <meng.yi@nxp.com>
> ---
> Change in V2:
> -add timeout into IRQ context(suggested by Alexander)
> ---
>  drivers/clocksource/fsl_ftm_timer.c | 10 ++++++----
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/fsl_ftm_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/fsl_ftm_timer.c
> index 738515b..86f9186 100644
> --- a/drivers/clocksource/fsl_ftm_timer.c
> +++ b/drivers/clocksource/fsl_ftm_timer.c
> @@ -83,11 +83,13 @@ static inline void ftm_counter_disable(void __iomem *base)
>  
>  static inline void ftm_irq_acknowledge(void __iomem *base)
>  {
> -	u32 val;
> +	unsigned long timeout = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(100);

Do you expect the jiffies to be updated when we are in the timer irq handler ?

> -	val = ftm_readl(base + FTM_SC);
> -	val &= ~FTM_SC_TOF;
> -	ftm_writel(val, base + FTM_SC);
> +	/*read and clean the FTM_SC_TOF bit until its cleared*/
> +	while ((FTM_SC_TOF & ftm_readl(base + FTM_SC)) &&
> +		time_before(jiffies, timeout))
> +		ftm_writel(ftm_readl(base + FTM_SC) & (~FTM_SC_TOF),
> +			   base + FTM_SC);
>  }
>  
>  static inline void ftm_irq_enable(void __iomem *base)
> -- 
> 2.1.0.27.g96db324
>