4.18-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Tao Ren <taoren@xxxxxx>
[ Upstream commit 4451d3f59f2a6f95e5d205c2d04ea072955d080d ]
Currently, the aspeed MATCH1 register is updated to <current_count -
cycles> in set_next_event handler, with the assumption that COUNT
register value is preserved when the timer is disabled and it continues
decrementing after the timer is enabled. But the assumption is wrong:
RELOAD register is loaded into COUNT register when the aspeed timer is
enabled, which means the next event may be delayed because timer
interrupt won't be generated until <0xFFFFFFFF - current_count +
cycles>.
The problem can be fixed by updating RELOAD register to <cycles>, and
COUNT register will be re-loaded when the timer is enabled and interrupt
is generated when COUNT register overflows.
The test result on Facebook Backpack-CMM BMC hardware (AST2500) shows
the issue is fixed: without the patch, usleep(100) suspends the process
for several milliseconds (and sometimes even over 40 milliseconds);
after applying the fix, usleep(100) takes averagely 240 microseconds to
return under the same workload level.
Signed-off-by: Tao Ren <taoren@xxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Lei YU <mine260309@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/clocksource/timer-fttmr010.c | 18 +++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-fttmr010.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-fttmr010.c
@@ -130,13 +130,17 @@ static int fttmr010_timer_set_next_event
cr &= ~fttmr010->t1_enable_val;
writel(cr, fttmr010->base + TIMER_CR);
- /* Setup the match register forward/backward in time */
- cr = readl(fttmr010->base + TIMER1_COUNT);
- if (fttmr010->count_down)
- cr -= cycles;
- else
- cr += cycles;
- writel(cr, fttmr010->base + TIMER1_MATCH1);
+ if (fttmr010->count_down) {
+ /*
+ * ASPEED Timer Controller will load TIMER1_LOAD register
+ * into TIMER1_COUNT register when the timer is re-enabled.
+ */
+ writel(cycles, fttmr010->base + TIMER1_LOAD);
+ } else {
+ /* Setup the match register forward in time */
+ cr = readl(fttmr010->base + TIMER1_COUNT);
+ writel(cr + cycles, fttmr010->base + TIMER1_MATCH1);
+ }
/* Start */
cr = readl(fttmr010->base + TIMER_CR);
