On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 6:23 PM Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On 12/4/19 4:16 PM, Guenter Roeck wrote: [...] > --->8--- > > Author: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@xxxxxxx> > Date: Wed Dec 4 16:58:55 2019 +0000 > > arm: Fix __arch_get_hw_counter() access to CNTVCT > > __arch_get_hw_counter() should check clock_mode to see if it can access > CNTVCT. With the conversion to unified vDSO this check has been left out. > > This causes on imx v6 and v7 (imx_v6_v7_defconfig) and other platforms to > hang at boot during the execution of the init process as per below: > > [ 19.976852] Run /sbin/init as init process > [ 20.044931] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! > exitcode=0x00000004 > > Fix the problem verifying that clock_mode is set coherently before > accessing CNTVCT. > > Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Reported-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Investigated-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> There are only 2 "Investigated-by" vs 7k+ "Suggested-by"... Is there a real difference? > Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@xxxxxxx> > > diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/vdso/gettimeofday.h > b/arch/arm/include/asm/vdso/gettimeofday.h > index 5b879ae7afc1..0ad2429c324f 100644 > --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/vdso/gettimeofday.h > +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/vdso/gettimeofday.h > @@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ static __always_inline u64 __arch_get_hw_counter(int clock_mode) > #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_ARCH_TIMER > u64 cycle_now; > > + if (!clock_mode) > + return -EINVAL; > + Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@xxxxxxxxx> > isb(); > cycle_now = read_sysreg(CNTVCT); > >