Re: [RESEND PATCH] drivers: arm arch timer: Correct fault programming of CNTKCTL_EL1.EVNTI

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Hi Marc,

On 2020/7/28 18:16, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On 2020-07-17 10:21, Keqian Zhu wrote:
>> ARM virtual counter supports event stream. It can only trigger an event
>> when the trigger bit of CNTVCT_EL0 changes from 0 to 1 (or from 1 to 0),
>> so the actual period of event stream is 2 ^ (cntkctl_evnti + 1). For
>> example, when the trigger bit is 0, then it triggers an event for every
>> two cycles.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Keqian Zhu <zhukeqian1@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c | 17 ++++++++++++++---
>>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
>> b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
>> index ecf7b7db2d05..06d99a4b1b9b 100644
>> --- a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
>> +++ b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
>> @@ -799,10 +799,20 @@ static void __arch_timer_setup(unsigned type,
>>  static void arch_timer_evtstrm_enable(int divider)
>>  {
>>      u32 cntkctl = arch_timer_get_cntkctl();
>> +    int cntkctl_evnti;
>> +
>> +    /*
>> +     * Note that it can only trigger an event when the trigger bit
>> +     * of CNTVCT_EL0 changes from 1 to 0 (or from 0 to 1), so the
>> +     * actual period of event stream is 2 ^ (cntkctl_evnti + 1).
>> +     */
>> +    cntkctl_evnti = divider - 1;
>> +    cntkctl_evnti = min(cntkctl_evnti, 15);
>> +    cntkctl_evnti = max(cntkctl_evnti, 0);
>>
>>      cntkctl &= ~ARCH_TIMER_EVT_TRIGGER_MASK;
>>      /* Set the divider and enable virtual event stream */
>> -    cntkctl |= (divider << ARCH_TIMER_EVT_TRIGGER_SHIFT)
>> +    cntkctl |= (cntkctl_evnti << ARCH_TIMER_EVT_TRIGGER_SHIFT)
>>              | ARCH_TIMER_VIRT_EVT_EN;
>>      arch_timer_set_cntkctl(cntkctl);
>>      arch_timer_set_evtstrm_feature();
>> @@ -816,10 +826,11 @@ static void arch_timer_configure_evtstream(void)
>>      /* Find the closest power of two to the divisor */
>>      evt_stream_div = arch_timer_rate / ARCH_TIMER_EVT_STREAM_FREQ;
>>      pos = fls(evt_stream_div);
>> -    if (pos > 1 && !(evt_stream_div & (1 << (pos - 2))))
>> +    if ((pos == 1) || (pos > 1 && !(evt_stream_div & (1 << (pos - 2)))))
>>          pos--;
>> +
>>      /* enable event stream */
>> -    arch_timer_evtstrm_enable(min(pos, 15));
>> +    arch_timer_evtstrm_enable(pos);
>>  }
>>
>>  static void arch_counter_set_user_access(void)
> 
> This looks like a very convoluted fix. If the problem you are
> trying to fix is that the event frequency is at most half of
> that of the counter, why isn't the patch below the most
> obvious fix?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>         M.
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
> index 6c3e84180146..0a65414b781f 100644
> --- a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
> +++ b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
> @@ -824,8 +824,12 @@ static void arch_timer_configure_evtstream(void)
>  {
>      int evt_stream_div, pos;
> 
> -    /* Find the closest power of two to the divisor */
> -    evt_stream_div = arch_timer_rate / ARCH_TIMER_EVT_STREAM_FREQ;
> +    /*
> +     * Find the closest power of two to the divisor. As the event
> +     * stream can at most be generated at half the frequency of the
> +     * counter, use half the frequency when computing the divider.
> +     */
> +    evt_stream_div = arch_timer_rate / ARCH_TIMER_EVT_STREAM_FREQ / 2;
>      pos = fls(evt_stream_div);
>      if (pos > 1 && !(evt_stream_div & (1 << (pos - 2))))
I think here does not consider the case of pos==1 (though it will not occur...)
>          pos--;
> 

It looks good to me.

Thanks,
Keqian



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