Hi,
something between 3.12.19(-rt30) and 3.12.31(-rt45) broke
hrtimers on (at least) i.MX28 for CONFIG_HZ_PERIODIC.
Switching to CONFIG_NO_HZ_IDLE restores them.
Is this the expected behaviour or a regression?
The difference in the /proc/timer_list is the
Tick Device: mode: 0 (new) or 1 (old)
# cat /proc/timer_list
Timer List Version: v0.7
HRTIMER_MAX_CLOCK_BASES: 4
now at 3551448891259 nsecs
cpu: 0
clock 0:
.base: c03694e0
.index: 0
.resolution: 4000000 nsecs
.get_time: ktime_get
.offset: 0 nsecs
active timers:
...
clock 1:
.base: c0369520
.index: 1
.resolution: 4000000 nsecs
.get_time: ktime_get_real
.offset: 0 nsecs
active timers:
clock 2:
.base: c0369560
.index: 2
.resolution: 4000000 nsecs
.get_time: ktime_get_boottime
.offset: 0 nsecs
active timers:
clock 3:
.base: c03695a0
.index: 3
.resolution: 4000000 nsecs
.get_time: ktime_get_clocktai
.offset: 0 nsecs
active timers:
.expires_next : 9223372036854775807 nsecs
.hres_active : 0
.nr_events : 0
.nr_retries : 0
.nr_hangs : 0
.max_hang_time : 0 nsecs
.nohz_mode : 0
.last_tick : 0 nsecs
.tick_stopped : 0
.idle_jiffies : 0
.idle_calls : 0
.idle_sleeps : 0
.idle_entrytime : 0 nsecs
.idle_waketime : 0 nsecs
.idle_exittime : 0 nsecs
.idle_sleeptime : 0 nsecs
.iowait_sleeptime: 0 nsecs
.last_jiffies : 0
.next_jiffies : 0
.idle_expires : 0 nsecs
jiffies: 812862
Tick Device: mode: 0
Per CPU device: 0
Clock Event Device: mxs_timrot
max_delta_ns: 178956969028
min_delta_ns: 1000
mult: 51539608
shift: 31
mode: 3
next_event: 3551452000000 nsecs
set_next_event: timrotv2_set_next_event
set_mode: mxs_set_mode
event_handler: tick_handle_periodic
retries: 0
In the 3.2.19 it was
Timer List Version: v0.7
HRTIMER_MAX_CLOCK_BASES: 4
now at 280235727915168 nsecs
cpu: 0
clock 0:
.base: c03654c0
.index: 0
.resolution: 1 nsecs
.get_time: ktime_get
.offset: 0 nsecs
active timers:
...
clock 1:
.base: c0365500
.index: 1
.resolution: 1 nsecs
.get_time: ktime_get_real
.offset: 1415385038639056250 nsecs
active timers:
clock 2:
.base: c0365540
.index: 2
.resolution: 1 nsecs
.get_time: ktime_get_boottime
.offset: 0 nsecs
active timers:
clock 3:
.base: c0365580
.index: 3
.resolution: 1 nsecs
.get_time: ktime_get_clocktai
.offset: 1415385038639056250 nsecs
active timers:
.expires_next : 280235730396263 nsecs
.hres_active : 1
.nr_events : 207916570
.nr_retries : 2164032
.nr_hangs : 7
.max_hang_time : 107499 nsecs
.nohz_mode : 0
.last_tick : 0 nsecs
.tick_stopped : 0
.idle_jiffies : 0
.idle_calls : 0
.idle_sleeps : 0
.idle_entrytime : 0 nsecs
.idle_waketime : 0 nsecs
.idle_exittime : 0 nsecs
.idle_sleeptime : 0 nsecs
.iowait_sleeptime: 0 nsecs
.last_jiffies : 0
.next_jiffies : 0
.idle_expires : 0 nsecs
jiffies: 69983932
Tick Device: mode: 1
Per CPU device: 0
Clock Event Device: mxs_timrot
max_delta_ns: 178956969028
min_delta_ns: 1000
mult: 51539608
shift: 31
mode: 3
next_event: 280235730396263 nsecs
set_next_event: timrotv2_set_next_event
set_mode: mxs_set_mode
event_handler: hrtimer_interrupt
retries: 0
Thanks
--
Stano
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