Re: [RESEND PATCH] arm64: arch_timer: Workaround for Cortex-A73 erratum 858921

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On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 08:03:38AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 01:06:09PM +0800, Leo Yan wrote:
> > commit fa8d815fac96e7c9247783d5a1f8fa4685b3c543 upstream.
> > 
> > Cortex-A73 (all versions) counter read can return a wrong value
> > when the counter crosses a 32bit boundary.
> > 
> > The workaround involves performing the read twice, and to return
> > one or the other depending on whether a transition has taken place.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  arch/arm64/Kconfig                  | 12 ++++++++++++
> >  arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h | 11 +++++++++++
> >  2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)
> 
> Why [RESEND] ?

In the first email your address and mailing list address are mixed,
I am not sure if the patch has been sent out properly. So resend it
again. Sorry for spamming.

> And what stable kernel tree(s) do you want this to be applied to?

This patch is target for kernel 4.4 and 4.9.

Thanks,
Leo Yan



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