This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
clocksource/drivers/arm_global_timer: Fix maximum prescaler value
to the 6.8-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
clocksource-drivers-arm_global_timer-fix-maximum-pre.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.8 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 3bb52abd911b03bcaa12aefe9a7334faf7a2e47e
Author: Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun Feb 18 18:41:37 2024 +0100
clocksource/drivers/arm_global_timer: Fix maximum prescaler value
[ Upstream commit b34b9547cee41575a4fddf390f615570759dc999 ]
The prescaler in the "Global Timer Control Register bit assignments" is
documented to use bits [15:8], which means that the maximum prescaler
register value is 0xff.
Fixes: 171b45a4a70e ("clocksource/drivers/arm_global_timer: Implement rate compensation whenever source clock changes")
Signed-off-by: Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240218174138.1942418-2-martin.blumenstingl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/arm_global_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/arm_global_timer.c
index 44a61dc6f9320..e1c773bb55359 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/arm_global_timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/arm_global_timer.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
#define GT_CONTROL_IRQ_ENABLE BIT(2) /* banked */
#define GT_CONTROL_AUTO_INC BIT(3) /* banked */
#define GT_CONTROL_PRESCALER_SHIFT 8
-#define GT_CONTROL_PRESCALER_MAX 0xF
+#define GT_CONTROL_PRESCALER_MAX 0xFF
#define GT_CONTROL_PRESCALER_MASK (GT_CONTROL_PRESCALER_MAX << \
GT_CONTROL_PRESCALER_SHIFT)
