Subject: [PATCH v3 1/5] ARM: arch_timers: switch to physical timers if HYP mode is available

From: [email-masked] (Christoffer Dall)
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 02:53:15 -0400

From: Marc Zyngier <[email-masked]>

If we're booted in HYP mode, it is possible that we'll run some
kind of virtualized environment. In this case, it is a better to
switch to the physical timers, and leave the virtual timers to
guests.

Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <[email-masked]>
---
 arch/arm/kernel/arch_timer.c |    7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/arch_timer.c b/arch/arm/kernel/arch_timer.c
index c8ef207..8adcd04 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/arch_timer.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/arch_timer.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <asm/arch_timer.h>
 #include <asm/system_info.h>
 #include <asm/sched_clock.h>
+#include <asm/virt.h>
 
 static unsigned long arch_timer_rate;
 
@@ -489,10 +490,14 @@ int __init arch_timer_of_register(void)
 		arch_timer_ppi[i] = irq_of_parse_and_map(np, i);
 
 	/*
+	 * If HYP mode is available, we know that the physical timer
+	 * has been configured to be accessible from PL1. Use it, so
+	 * that a guest can use the virtual timer instead.
+	 *
 	 * If no interrupt provided for virtual timer, we'll have to
 	 * stick to the physical timer. It'd better be accessible...
 	 */
-	if (!arch_timer_ppi[VIRT_PPI]) {
+	if (is_hyp_mode_available() || !arch_timer_ppi[VIRT_PPI]) {
 		arch_timer_use_virtual = false;
 
 		if (!arch_timer_ppi[PHYS_SECURE_PPI] ||