Re: re-adding clocksource_get_next ?

[Giuseppe CAVALLARO <peppe.cavallaro@st.com>]

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Hello John,

john stultz wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 11:53 PM, Giuseppe CAVALLARO
> <peppe.cavallaro@st.com> wrote:
>> Hello!
>> this function was removed in the past but I've not clear all the details.
>> While testing LLTng, I wrote the patch, in attachment, that re-adds it
>> again.
>> The clocksource_get_next returns the first clock source available
>> (without looking at the rating).
>> In my environment, a clock source is a TMU channel (e.g. TMU1) and,
>> indeed, clocksource_get_next works fine.
> 
> Could you provide some more details as to why you need raw access to
> the clocksource, instead of using something like ktime_get(),
> getrawmonotonic() or sched_clock()?

I wanted to directly read the value of the TCNT register of a TMU
channel registered as clocksource in an SH platform.
My idea was to get the first clocksource available and than use the read
hook to get its raw value.
Indeed, on SH4, the clocksource_get_next returns the TMU channel 1
(usually registered as clocksource); the clk->reads points to
sh_tmu_clocksource_read (drivers/clocksource/sh_tmu.c). This returns the
value of the timer count register (TCNT).

Best Regards,
Giuseppe

> thanks
> -john

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