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From: daniel.lezcano@linaro•org (Daniel Lezcano)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 4/9] clocksource/cadence_ttc: Use enable/disable_irq
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 12:55:38 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <52972F3A.9090103@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1385514296-26702-5-git-send-email-soren.brinkmann@xilinx.com>

On 11/27/2013 02:04 AM, Soren Brinkmann wrote:
> To ensure that the timer interrupt is properly enabled/disabled across
> the whole CPU cluster use enable/disable_irq() instead of
> local_irq_disable().
>
> Signed-off-by: Soren Brinkmann <soren.brinkmann@xilinx•com>
> ---
>   drivers/clocksource/cadence_ttc_timer.c | 6 ++----
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/cadence_ttc_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/cadence_ttc_timer.c
> index a92350b55d32..246d018d1e63 100644
> --- a/drivers/clocksource/cadence_ttc_timer.c
> +++ b/drivers/clocksource/cadence_ttc_timer.c
> @@ -322,18 +322,16 @@ static int ttc_rate_change_clockevent_cb(struct notifier_block *nb,
>   	switch (event) {
>   	case POST_RATE_CHANGE:
>   	{
> -		unsigned long flags;
> -
>   		/*
>   		 * clockevents_update_freq should be called with IRQ disabled on
>   		 * the CPU the timer provides events for. The timer we use is
>   		 * common to both CPUs, not sure if we need to run on both
>   		 * cores.
>   		 */
> -		local_irq_save(flags);
> +		disable_irq(ttcce->ce.irq);
>   		clockevents_update_freq(&ttcce->ce,
>   				ndata->new_rate / PRESCALE);
> -		local_irq_restore(flags);
> +		enable_irq(ttcce->ce.irq);
>
>   		/* update cached frequency */
>   		ttc->freq = ndata->new_rate;
>

I am worried about the 'disable_irq' function calling 'synchronize_irq'. 
Isn't possible to deadlock with the ondemand cpufreq governor ? I added 
Viresh in Cc, he knows better than me the code path.

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  reply	other threads:[~2013-11-28 11:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-11-27  1:04 [PATCH v2 0/9] arm: zynq: Add support for cpufreq Soren Brinkmann
2013-11-27  1:04 ` [PATCH v2 1/9] arm: dt: zynq: Remove 'clock-ranges' from TTC nodes Soren Brinkmann
2013-12-12  8:53   ` Michal Simek
2013-12-12 17:01     ` Sören Brinkmann
2013-12-12 19:07       ` Michal Simek
2013-11-27  1:04 ` [PATCH v2 2/9] arm: dt: zynq: Add 'cpus' node Soren Brinkmann
2013-11-27  1:04 ` [PATCH v2 3/9] clocksource/cadence_ttc: Store timer frequency in driver data Soren Brinkmann
2013-12-17 19:21   ` Sören Brinkmann
2013-12-18 14:53     ` Daniel Lezcano
2013-12-18 16:47       ` Sören Brinkmann
2013-12-18 21:58         ` Daniel Lezcano
2013-12-19 18:32           ` Sören Brinkmann
2013-12-19 20:53             ` Daniel Lezcano
2013-12-19 21:23               ` Sören Brinkmann
2013-12-19 21:39                 ` Daniel Lezcano
2013-11-27  1:04 ` [PATCH v2 4/9] clocksource/cadence_ttc: Use enable/disable_irq Soren Brinkmann
2013-11-28 11:55   ` Daniel Lezcano [this message]
2013-11-28 14:18     ` Thomas Gleixner
2013-11-28 18:36       ` Sören Brinkmann
2013-11-28 19:07         ` Thomas Gleixner
2013-12-06 22:47           ` Sören Brinkmann
2013-12-07 10:56             ` Thomas Gleixner
2013-12-10  0:34               ` [PATCH 0/2] clockevents Soren Brinkmann
2013-12-10  0:34                 ` [PATCH 1/2] time: Serialize calls to 'clockevents_update_freq' in the timing core Soren Brinkmann
2013-12-11 14:32                   ` Daniel Lezcano
2013-12-11 20:09                     ` Sören Brinkmann
2013-12-12 12:07                       ` Daniel Lezcano
2013-12-10  0:34                 ` [PATCH 2/2] time: clockevents: Adjust timer interval when frequency changes Soren Brinkmann
2013-11-27  1:04 ` [PATCH v2 5/9] clocksource/cadence_ttc: Adjust interval in clock notifier Soren Brinkmann
2013-12-12 12:15   ` Daniel Lezcano
2013-12-12 18:44     ` Sören Brinkmann
2013-11-27  1:04 ` [PATCH v2 6/9] clocksource/cadence_ttc: Overhaul clocksource frequency adjustment Soren Brinkmann
2013-11-27  1:04 ` [PATCH v2 7/9] clocksource/cadence_ttc: Use only one counter Soren Brinkmann
2013-11-27  1:04 ` [PATCH v2 8/9] arm: zynq: Don't use arm_global_timer with cpufreq Soren Brinkmann
2013-11-27  1:04 ` [PATCH v2 9/9] arm: zynq: Add support for cpufreq Soren Brinkmann

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