Hello Scott, On 2016/5/13 12:37, Scott Wood wrote: [...] > > +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64 > +static __always_inline void rewrite_tval(const int access, > + unsigned long evt, struct clock_event_device *clk) > +{ > + u64 cval_old, cval_new; > + int timeout = 200; > + > + do { > + cval_old = __arch_counter_get_cntvct(); > + arch_timer_reg_write(access, ARCH_TIMER_REG_TVAL, evt, clk); For not memory mapped timer, it will call arch_timer_reg_write_cp15() which has isb() at the end of arch_timer_reg_write_cp15()... > + cval_new = __arch_counter_get_cntvct(); So there is isb() between counter retry read, I think it's likely cval_new will not be equal with cval_old when the cntvct is correct (time lapse is more than one arch timer cycle). > + timeout--; > + } while (cval_old != cval_new && timeout); > + > + WARN_ON_ONCE(!timeout); Then trigger the warning here, correct me if I miss something else. Thanks Hanjun -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html