Subject: [PATCH] arch_timer: Do not register arch_sys_counter twice

From: [email-masked] (John Stultz)
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 09:51:21 -0700

On 10/15/2013 06:31 AM, Thierry Reding wrote:
> Commit 65cd4f6 (arch_timer: Move to generic sched_clock framework) added
> code to register the arch_sys_counter in arch_timer_register() but it is
> already registered in arch_counter_register(). This results in the timer
> being added to the clocksource list twice, therefore causing an infinite
> loop in the list.
>
> Remove the duplicate registration and register the scheduler clock after
> the original registration instead.
>
> This fixes a hang during boot on Tegra114 (Cortex-A15).
>
> Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <[email-masked]>

Acked-by: John Stultz <[email-masked]>

Ingo/Thomas, apologies here, I miss-resolved the conflict updating
Stephens' patch (and also didn't add a note in the commit about it!),
which is causing issues in -next.

Would you mind applying this to tip/timers/core?

thanks
-john

> ---
> While I've only tested this on Tegra114, I suspect the same hang during
> boot happens for all processors that use this clock source.
>
>  drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c | 12 +++---------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
> index f655036..95fb944 100644
> --- a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
> +++ b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
> @@ -436,6 +436,9 @@ static void __init arch_counter_register(unsigned type)
>  	cyclecounter.mult = clocksource_counter.mult;
>  	cyclecounter.shift = clocksource_counter.shift;
>  	timecounter_init(&timecounter, &cyclecounter, start_count);
> +
> +	/* 56 bits minimum, so we assume worst case rollover */
> +	sched_clock_register(arch_timer_read_counter, 56, arch_timer_rate);
>  }
>  
>  static void arch_timer_stop(struct clock_event_device *clk)
> @@ -515,15 +518,6 @@ static int __init arch_timer_register(void)
>  		goto out;
>  	}
>  
> -	clocksource_register_hz(&clocksource_counter, arch_timer_rate);
> -	cyclecounter.mult = clocksource_counter.mult;
> -	cyclecounter.shift = clocksource_counter.shift;
> -	timecounter_init(&timecounter, &cyclecounter,
> -			 arch_counter_get_cntvct());
> -
> -	/* 56 bits minimum, so we assume worst case rollover */
> -	sched_clock_register(arch_timer_read_counter, 56, arch_timer_rate);
> -
>  	if (arch_timer_use_virtual) {
>  		ppi = arch_timer_ppi[VIRT_PPI];
>  		err = request_percpu_irq(ppi, arch_timer_handler_virt,