From: Sudeep.KarkadaNagesha@arm•com (Sudeep KarkadaNagesha)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 0/6] ARM/ARM64 architected timer updates
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 10:57:47 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5217321B.6060306@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130823092610.GB20186@darko.cambridge.arm.com>
On 23/08/13 10:26, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 06:14:52PM +0100, Sudeep KarkadaNagesha wrote:
>> On 13/08/13 18:29, Sudeep KarkadaNagesha wrote:
>>> From: Sudeep KarkadaNagesha <sudeep.karkadanagesha@arm•com>
>>>
>>> This patch series adds support to configure the rate and enable the
>>> event stream for architected timer. The event streams can be used to
>>> impose a timeout on a WFE, to safeguard against any programming error
>>> in case an expected event is not generated or even to implement
>>> wfe-based timeouts for userspace locking implementations.
>>>
>>> Since the timer control register is reset to zero on warm boot, CPU
>>> PM notifier is added to re-initialize it.
>>>
>>> Changes v2->v3:
>>> 1. Moved ARM and ARM64 changes into separate patches
>>> 2. Added native hwcaps definations(ARM/ARM64) and compat-specific
>>> definitions(ARM64) to the users for the event stream feature.
>>
>> Can you review this version of the series ?
>
> I think the series is OK with the follow-up comments addressed. Could
> you please post a v4 to make sure I haven't missed anything?
>
> Another comment I have is whether we should make this feature
> configurable. The reason is mainly hardware validation: if some CPU
> implementation messes the event generation (and on ARMv8 it's a bit more
> complex as this is tied to the exclusive monitor) we risk not detecting
> it because of the event stream.
Yes that seems reasonable. I assume we can enable it by default and we
need to disable it for hardware validation. Let me know if think otherwise.
Regards,
Sudeep
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Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-06-18 17:06 [PATCH 0/4] ARM/ARM64 architected timer updates Sudeep KarkadaNagesha
2013-06-18 17:07 ` [PATCH 1/4] drivers: clocksource: configure event stream for ARM arch timer Sudeep KarkadaNagesha
2013-06-18 17:07 ` [PATCH 2/4] ARM: arch_timer: add macros for bits in control register Sudeep KarkadaNagesha
2013-06-18 17:07 ` [PATCH 3/4] ARM/ARM64: arch_timer: remove __cpuinit attribute for arch_counter_set_user_access Sudeep KarkadaNagesha
2013-06-18 17:58 ` Sudeep KarkadaNagesha
2013-06-18 17:07 ` [PATCH 4/4] drivers: clocksource: add CPU PM notifier for ARM architected timer Sudeep KarkadaNagesha
2013-07-02 16:09 ` Jon Medhurst (Tixy)
2013-07-02 17:24 ` Sudeep KarkadaNagesha
2013-07-22 11:21 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] ARM/ARM64 architected timer updates Sudeep KarkadaNagesha
2013-07-22 11:21 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] drivers: clocksource: configure event stream for ARM arch timer Sudeep KarkadaNagesha
2013-07-23 10:23 ` Catalin Marinas
2013-07-23 10:33 ` Will Deacon
2013-07-23 11:12 ` Catalin Marinas
2013-07-25 9:45 ` [PATCH v3 " Sudeep KarkadaNagesha
2013-08-12 13:32 ` Sudeep KarkadaNagesha
2013-07-22 11:21 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] ARM: arch_timer: add macros for bits in control register Sudeep KarkadaNagesha
2013-07-22 11:21 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] drivers: clocksource: add CPU PM notifier for ARM architected timer Sudeep KarkadaNagesha
2013-08-02 9:32 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] ARM/ARM64 architected timer updates Sudeep KarkadaNagesha
2013-08-02 9:48 ` Daniel Lezcano
2013-08-02 9:55 ` Sudeep KarkadaNagesha
2013-08-02 12:12 ` Daniel Lezcano
2013-08-05 16:25 ` Sudeep KarkadaNagesha
2013-08-06 8:09 ` Daniel Lezcano
2013-08-06 9:01 ` Sudeep KarkadaNagesha
2013-08-12 13:16 ` Daniel Lezcano
2013-08-13 17:29 ` [PATCH v3 0/6] " Sudeep KarkadaNagesha
2013-08-13 17:29 ` [PATCH v3 1/6] ARM/ARM64: arch_timer: add macros for bits in control register Sudeep KarkadaNagesha
2013-08-14 8:50 ` Daniel Lezcano
2013-08-14 9:03 ` Marc Zyngier
2013-08-14 9:23 ` Daniel Lezcano
2013-08-13 17:29 ` [PATCH v3 2/6] drivers: clocksource: configure event stream for ARM arch timer Sudeep KarkadaNagesha
2013-08-13 17:29 ` [PATCH v3 3/6] ARM: arch_timer: configure and enable event stream Sudeep KarkadaNagesha
2013-08-13 17:29 ` [PATCH v3 4/6] ARM64: " Sudeep KarkadaNagesha
2013-08-20 13:27 ` Will Deacon
2013-08-20 14:27 ` Sudeep KarkadaNagesha
2013-08-20 16:16 ` Will Deacon
2013-08-20 16:23 ` Sudeep KarkadaNagesha
2013-08-20 17:08 ` Sudeep KarkadaNagesha
2013-08-21 17:52 ` Will Deacon
2013-08-13 17:29 ` [PATCH v3 5/6] drivers: clocksource: enable hwcaps for event stream on ARM arch timer Sudeep KarkadaNagesha
2013-08-13 17:29 ` [PATCH v3 6/6] drivers: clocksource: add CPU PM notifier for ARM architected timer Sudeep KarkadaNagesha
2013-08-14 9:08 ` [PATCH v3 0/6] ARM/ARM64 architected timer updates Daniel Lezcano
2013-08-14 9:17 ` Sudeep KarkadaNagesha
2013-08-14 10:51 ` Daniel Lezcano
2013-08-14 11:03 ` Sudeep KarkadaNagesha
2013-08-14 15:00 ` Daniel Lezcano
2013-08-20 17:14 ` Sudeep KarkadaNagesha
2013-08-23 9:26 ` Catalin Marinas
2013-08-23 9:57 ` Sudeep KarkadaNagesha [this message]
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