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<title>linux-toradex.git/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c, branch v5.0-rc3</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>arm64: arch_timer: Add workaround for ARM erratum 1188873</title>
<updated>2018-10-01T12:38:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Marc Zyngier</name>
<email>marc.zyngier@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2018-09-27T16:15:34+00:00</published>
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When running on Cortex-A76, a timer access from an AArch32 EL0
task may end up with a corrupted value or register. The workaround for
this is to trap these accesses at EL1/EL2 and execute them there.

This only affects versions r0p0, r1p0 and r2p0 of the CPU.

Acked-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;marc.zyngier@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
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When running on Cortex-A76, a timer access from an AArch32 EL0
task may end up with a corrupted value or register. The workaround for
this is to trap these accesses at EL1/EL2 and execute them there.

This only affects versions r0p0, r1p0 and r2p0 of the CPU.

Acked-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;marc.zyngier@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>clocksource: arm_arch_timer: Set arch_mem_timer cpumask to cpu_possible_mask</title>
<updated>2018-07-10T20:12:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sudeep Holla</name>
<email>sudeep.holla@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2018-07-09T15:45:36+00:00</published>
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Currently, arch_mem_timer cpumask is set to cpu_all_mask which should be
fine. However, cpu_possible_mask is more accurate and if there are other
clockevent source in the system which are set to cpu_possible_mask, then
having cpu_all_mask may result in issue.

E.g. on a platform with arm,sp804 timer with rating 300 and
cpu_possible_mask and this arch_mem_timer timer with rating 400 and
cpu_all_mask, tick_check_preferred may choose both preferred as the
cpumasks are not equal though they must be.

This issue was root caused incorrectly initially and a fix was merged as
commit 1332a9055801 ("tick: Prefer a lower rating device only if it's CPU
local device").

Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla &lt;sudeep.holla@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Tested-by: Kevin Hilman &lt;khilman@baylibre.com&gt;
Tested-by: Martin Blumenstingl &lt;martin.blumenstingl@googlemail.com&gt;
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Marc Zyngier &lt;marc.zyngier@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1531151136-18297-2-git-send-email-sudeep.holla@arm.com

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Currently, arch_mem_timer cpumask is set to cpu_all_mask which should be
fine. However, cpu_possible_mask is more accurate and if there are other
clockevent source in the system which are set to cpu_possible_mask, then
having cpu_all_mask may result in issue.

E.g. on a platform with arm,sp804 timer with rating 300 and
cpu_possible_mask and this arch_mem_timer timer with rating 400 and
cpu_all_mask, tick_check_preferred may choose both preferred as the
cpumasks are not equal though they must be.

This issue was root caused incorrectly initially and a fix was merged as
commit 1332a9055801 ("tick: Prefer a lower rating device only if it's CPU
local device").

Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla &lt;sudeep.holla@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Tested-by: Kevin Hilman &lt;khilman@baylibre.com&gt;
Tested-by: Martin Blumenstingl &lt;martin.blumenstingl@googlemail.com&gt;
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Marc Zyngier &lt;marc.zyngier@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1531151136-18297-2-git-send-email-sudeep.holla@arm.com

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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'kvm-4.15-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm</title>
<updated>2017-11-16T21:00:24+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-11-16T21:00:24+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.toradex.cn/cgit/linux-toradex.git/commit/?id=974aa5630b318938273d7efe7a2cf031c7b927db'/>
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Pull KVM updates from Radim Krčmář:
 "First batch of KVM changes for 4.15

  Common:
   - Python 3 support in kvm_stat
   - Accounting of slabs to kmemcg

  ARM:
   - Optimized arch timer handling for KVM/ARM
   - Improvements to the VGIC ITS code and introduction of an ITS reset
     ioctl
   - Unification of the 32-bit fault injection logic
   - More exact external abort matching logic

  PPC:
   - Support for running hashed page table (HPT) MMU mode on a host that
     is using the radix MMU mode; single threaded mode on POWER 9 is
     added as a pre-requisite
   - Resolution of merge conflicts with the last second 4.14 HPT fixes
   - Fixes and cleanups

  s390:
   - Some initial preparation patches for exitless interrupts and crypto
   - New capability for AIS migration
   - Fixes

  x86:
   - Improved emulation of LAPIC timer mode changes, MCi_STATUS MSRs,
     and after-reset state
   - Refined dependencies for VMX features
   - Fixes for nested SMI injection
   - A lot of cleanups"

* tag 'kvm-4.15-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (89 commits)
  KVM: s390: provide a capability for AIS state migration
  KVM: s390: clear_io_irq() requests are not expected for adapter interrupts
  KVM: s390: abstract conversion between isc and enum irq_types
  KVM: s390: vsie: use common code functions for pinning
  KVM: s390: SIE considerations for AP Queue virtualization
  KVM: s390: document memory ordering for kvm_s390_vcpu_wakeup
  KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Cosmetic post-merge cleanups
  KVM: arm/arm64: fix the incompatible matching for external abort
  KVM: arm/arm64: Unify 32bit fault injection
  KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-its: Implement KVM_DEV_ARM_ITS_CTRL_RESET
  KVM: arm/arm64: Document KVM_DEV_ARM_ITS_CTRL_RESET
  KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-its: Free caches when GITS_BASER Valid bit is cleared
  KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-its: New helper functions to free the caches
  KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-its: Remove kvm_its_unmap_device
  arm/arm64: KVM: Load the timer state when enabling the timer
  KVM: arm/arm64: Rework kvm_timer_should_fire
  KVM: arm/arm64: Get rid of kvm_timer_flush_hwstate
  KVM: arm/arm64: Avoid phys timer emulation in vcpu entry/exit
  KVM: arm/arm64: Move phys_timer_emulate function
  KVM: arm/arm64: Use kvm_arm_timer_set/get_reg for guest register traps
  ...
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<pre>
Pull KVM updates from Radim Krčmář:
 "First batch of KVM changes for 4.15

  Common:
   - Python 3 support in kvm_stat
   - Accounting of slabs to kmemcg

  ARM:
   - Optimized arch timer handling for KVM/ARM
   - Improvements to the VGIC ITS code and introduction of an ITS reset
     ioctl
   - Unification of the 32-bit fault injection logic
   - More exact external abort matching logic

  PPC:
   - Support for running hashed page table (HPT) MMU mode on a host that
     is using the radix MMU mode; single threaded mode on POWER 9 is
     added as a pre-requisite
   - Resolution of merge conflicts with the last second 4.14 HPT fixes
   - Fixes and cleanups

  s390:
   - Some initial preparation patches for exitless interrupts and crypto
   - New capability for AIS migration
   - Fixes

  x86:
   - Improved emulation of LAPIC timer mode changes, MCi_STATUS MSRs,
     and after-reset state
   - Refined dependencies for VMX features
   - Fixes for nested SMI injection
   - A lot of cleanups"

* tag 'kvm-4.15-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (89 commits)
  KVM: s390: provide a capability for AIS state migration
  KVM: s390: clear_io_irq() requests are not expected for adapter interrupts
  KVM: s390: abstract conversion between isc and enum irq_types
  KVM: s390: vsie: use common code functions for pinning
  KVM: s390: SIE considerations for AP Queue virtualization
  KVM: s390: document memory ordering for kvm_s390_vcpu_wakeup
  KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Cosmetic post-merge cleanups
  KVM: arm/arm64: fix the incompatible matching for external abort
  KVM: arm/arm64: Unify 32bit fault injection
  KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-its: Implement KVM_DEV_ARM_ITS_CTRL_RESET
  KVM: arm/arm64: Document KVM_DEV_ARM_ITS_CTRL_RESET
  KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-its: Free caches when GITS_BASER Valid bit is cleared
  KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-its: New helper functions to free the caches
  KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-its: Remove kvm_its_unmap_device
  arm/arm64: KVM: Load the timer state when enabling the timer
  KVM: arm/arm64: Rework kvm_timer_should_fire
  KVM: arm/arm64: Get rid of kvm_timer_flush_hwstate
  KVM: arm/arm64: Avoid phys timer emulation in vcpu entry/exit
  KVM: arm/arm64: Move phys_timer_emulate function
  KVM: arm/arm64: Use kvm_arm_timer_set/get_reg for guest register traps
  ...
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'arm64-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux</title>
<updated>2017-11-15T18:56:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-11-15T18:56:56+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.toradex.cn/cgit/linux-toradex.git/commit/?id=c9b012e5f4a1d01dfa8abc6318211a67ba7d5db2'/>
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<content type='text'>
Pull arm64 updates from Will Deacon:
 "The big highlight is support for the Scalable Vector Extension (SVE)
  which required extensive ABI work to ensure we don't break existing
  applications by blowing away their signal stack with the rather large
  new vector context (&lt;= 2 kbit per vector register). There's further
  work to be done optimising things like exception return, but the ABI
  is solid now.

  Much of the line count comes from some new PMU drivers we have, but
  they're pretty self-contained and I suspect we'll have more of them in
  future.

  Plenty of acronym soup here:

   - initial support for the Scalable Vector Extension (SVE)

   - improved handling for SError interrupts (required to handle RAS
     events)

   - enable GCC support for 128-bit integer types

   - remove kernel text addresses from backtraces and register dumps

   - use of WFE to implement long delay()s

   - ACPI IORT updates from Lorenzo Pieralisi

   - perf PMU driver for the Statistical Profiling Extension (SPE)

   - perf PMU driver for Hisilicon's system PMUs

   - misc cleanups and non-critical fixes"

* tag 'arm64-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux: (97 commits)
  arm64: Make ARMV8_DEPRECATED depend on SYSCTL
  arm64: Implement __lshrti3 library function
  arm64: support __int128 on gcc 5+
  arm64/sve: Add documentation
  arm64/sve: Detect SVE and activate runtime support
  arm64/sve: KVM: Hide SVE from CPU features exposed to guests
  arm64/sve: KVM: Treat guest SVE use as undefined instruction execution
  arm64/sve: KVM: Prevent guests from using SVE
  arm64/sve: Add sysctl to set the default vector length for new processes
  arm64/sve: Add prctl controls for userspace vector length management
  arm64/sve: ptrace and ELF coredump support
  arm64/sve: Preserve SVE registers around EFI runtime service calls
  arm64/sve: Preserve SVE registers around kernel-mode NEON use
  arm64/sve: Probe SVE capabilities and usable vector lengths
  arm64: cpufeature: Move sys_caps_initialised declarations
  arm64/sve: Backend logic for setting the vector length
  arm64/sve: Signal handling support
  arm64/sve: Support vector length resetting for new processes
  arm64/sve: Core task context handling
  arm64/sve: Low-level CPU setup
  ...
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<pre>
Pull arm64 updates from Will Deacon:
 "The big highlight is support for the Scalable Vector Extension (SVE)
  which required extensive ABI work to ensure we don't break existing
  applications by blowing away their signal stack with the rather large
  new vector context (&lt;= 2 kbit per vector register). There's further
  work to be done optimising things like exception return, but the ABI
  is solid now.

  Much of the line count comes from some new PMU drivers we have, but
  they're pretty self-contained and I suspect we'll have more of them in
  future.

  Plenty of acronym soup here:

   - initial support for the Scalable Vector Extension (SVE)

   - improved handling for SError interrupts (required to handle RAS
     events)

   - enable GCC support for 128-bit integer types

   - remove kernel text addresses from backtraces and register dumps

   - use of WFE to implement long delay()s

   - ACPI IORT updates from Lorenzo Pieralisi

   - perf PMU driver for the Statistical Profiling Extension (SPE)

   - perf PMU driver for Hisilicon's system PMUs

   - misc cleanups and non-critical fixes"

* tag 'arm64-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux: (97 commits)
  arm64: Make ARMV8_DEPRECATED depend on SYSCTL
  arm64: Implement __lshrti3 library function
  arm64: support __int128 on gcc 5+
  arm64/sve: Add documentation
  arm64/sve: Detect SVE and activate runtime support
  arm64/sve: KVM: Hide SVE from CPU features exposed to guests
  arm64/sve: KVM: Treat guest SVE use as undefined instruction execution
  arm64/sve: KVM: Prevent guests from using SVE
  arm64/sve: Add sysctl to set the default vector length for new processes
  arm64/sve: Add prctl controls for userspace vector length management
  arm64/sve: ptrace and ELF coredump support
  arm64/sve: Preserve SVE registers around EFI runtime service calls
  arm64/sve: Preserve SVE registers around kernel-mode NEON use
  arm64/sve: Probe SVE capabilities and usable vector lengths
  arm64: cpufeature: Move sys_caps_initialised declarations
  arm64/sve: Backend logic for setting the vector length
  arm64/sve: Signal handling support
  arm64/sve: Support vector length resetting for new processes
  arm64/sve: Core task context handling
  arm64/sve: Low-level CPU setup
  ...
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>arm64: Use physical counter for in-kernel reads when booted in EL2</title>
<updated>2017-11-06T15:23:09+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christoffer Dall</name>
<email>cdall@linaro.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-07-05T09:04:28+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.toradex.cn/cgit/linux-toradex.git/commit/?id=e6d68b00e989f27116fd8575f1f9c217873e9b0e'/>
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Using the physical counter allows KVM to retain the offset between the
virtual and physical counter as long as it is actively running a VCPU.

As soon as a VCPU is released, another thread is scheduled or we start
running userspace applications, we reset the offset to 0, so that
userspace accessing the virtual timer can still read the virtual counter
and get the same view of time as the kernel.

This opens up potential improvements for KVM performance, but we have to
make a few adjustments to preserve system consistency.

Currently get_cycles() is hardwired to arch_counter_get_cntvct() on
arm64, but as we move to using the physical timer for the in-kernel
time-keeping on systems that boot in EL2, we should use the same counter
for get_cycles() as for other in-kernel timekeeping operations.

Similarly, implementations of arch_timer_set_next_event_phys() is
modified to use the counter specific to the timer being programmed.

VHE kernels or kernels continuing to use the virtual timer are
unaffected.

Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;marc.zyngier@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Christoffer Dall &lt;cdall@linaro.org&gt;
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<pre>
Using the physical counter allows KVM to retain the offset between the
virtual and physical counter as long as it is actively running a VCPU.

As soon as a VCPU is released, another thread is scheduled or we start
running userspace applications, we reset the offset to 0, so that
userspace accessing the virtual timer can still read the virtual counter
and get the same view of time as the kernel.

This opens up potential improvements for KVM performance, but we have to
make a few adjustments to preserve system consistency.

Currently get_cycles() is hardwired to arch_counter_get_cntvct() on
arm64, but as we move to using the physical timer for the in-kernel
time-keeping on systems that boot in EL2, we should use the same counter
for get_cycles() as for other in-kernel timekeeping operations.

Similarly, implementations of arch_timer_set_next_event_phys() is
modified to use the counter specific to the timer being programmed.

VHE kernels or kernels continuing to use the virtual timer are
unaffected.

Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;marc.zyngier@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Christoffer Dall &lt;cdall@linaro.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>arm64: Implement arch_counter_get_cntpct to read the physical counter</title>
<updated>2017-11-06T15:23:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christoffer Dall</name>
<email>christoffer.dall@linaro.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-10-18T11:06:25+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.toradex.cn/cgit/linux-toradex.git/commit/?id=f2e600c149fda3453344f89c7e9353fe278ebd32'/>
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As we are about to use the physical counter on arm64 systems that have
KVM support, implement arch_counter_get_cntpct() and the associated
errata workaround functionality for stable timer reads.

Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;marc.zyngier@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Christoffer Dall &lt;christoffer.dall@linaro.org&gt;
</content>
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<pre>
As we are about to use the physical counter on arm64 systems that have
KVM support, implement arch_counter_get_cntpct() and the associated
errata workaround functionality for stable timer reads.

Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;marc.zyngier@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Christoffer Dall &lt;christoffer.dall@linaro.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Fix DEFINE_PER_CPU expansion</title>
<updated>2017-10-19T21:49:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mark Rutland</name>
<email>mark.rutland@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2017-10-16T15:28:39+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.toradex.cn/cgit/linux-toradex.git/commit/?id=a7fb4577bbe307dd3dd971c7ea8f35a68fc031ca'/>
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<content type='text'>
Our ctags mangling script can't handle newlines inside of a
DEFINE_PER_CPU(), leading to an annoying message whenever tags are
built:

  ctags: Warning: drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c:302: null expansion of name pattern "\1"

This was dealt with elsewhere in commit:

  25528213fe9f75f4 ("tags: Fix DEFINE_PER_CPU expansions")

... by ensuring each DEFINE_PER_CPU() was contained on a single line,
even where this would violate the usual code style (checkpatch warnings
and all).

Let's do the same for the arch timer driver, and get rid of the
distraction.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Daniel Lezcano &lt;daniel.lezcano@linaro.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano &lt;daniel.lezcano@linaro.org&gt;
</content>
<content type='xhtml'>
<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>
<pre>
Our ctags mangling script can't handle newlines inside of a
DEFINE_PER_CPU(), leading to an annoying message whenever tags are
built:

  ctags: Warning: drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c:302: null expansion of name pattern "\1"

This was dealt with elsewhere in commit:

  25528213fe9f75f4 ("tags: Fix DEFINE_PER_CPU expansions")

... by ensuring each DEFINE_PER_CPU() was contained on a single line,
even where this would violate the usual code style (checkpatch warnings
and all).

Let's do the same for the arch timer driver, and get rid of the
distraction.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Daniel Lezcano &lt;daniel.lezcano@linaro.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano &lt;daniel.lezcano@linaro.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Validate CNTFRQ after enabling frame</title>
<updated>2017-10-19T21:49:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ard Biesheuvel</name>
<email>ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-10-16T15:28:38+00:00</published>
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The ACPI GTDT code validates the CNTFRQ field of each MMIO timer
frame against the CNTFRQ system register of the current CPU, to
ensure that they are equal, which is mandated by the architecture.

However, reading the CNTFRQ field of a frame is not possible until
the RFRQ bit in the frame's CNTACRn register is set, and doing so
before that willl produce the following error:

  arch_timer: [Firmware Bug]: CNTFRQ mismatch: frame @ 0x00000000e0be0000: (0x00000000), CPU: (0x0ee6b280)
  arch_timer: Disabling MMIO timers due to CNTFRQ mismatch
  arch_timer: Failed to initialize memory-mapped timer.

The reason is that the CNTFRQ field is RES0 if access is not enabled.

So move the validation of CNTFRQ into the loop that iterates over the
timers to find the best frame, but defer it until after we have selected
the best frame, which should also have enabled the RFRQ bit.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano &lt;daniel.lezcano@linaro.org&gt;
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The ACPI GTDT code validates the CNTFRQ field of each MMIO timer
frame against the CNTFRQ system register of the current CPU, to
ensure that they are equal, which is mandated by the architecture.

However, reading the CNTFRQ field of a frame is not possible until
the RFRQ bit in the frame's CNTACRn register is set, and doing so
before that willl produce the following error:

  arch_timer: [Firmware Bug]: CNTFRQ mismatch: frame @ 0x00000000e0be0000: (0x00000000), CPU: (0x0ee6b280)
  arch_timer: Disabling MMIO timers due to CNTFRQ mismatch
  arch_timer: Failed to initialize memory-mapped timer.

The reason is that the CNTFRQ field is RES0 if access is not enabled.

So move the validation of CNTFRQ into the loop that iterates over the
timers to find the best frame, but defer it until after we have selected
the best frame, which should also have enabled the RFRQ bit.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano &lt;daniel.lezcano@linaro.org&gt;
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<title>arm_arch_timer: Expose event stream status</title>
<updated>2017-10-13T17:55:05+00:00</updated>
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<name>Julien Thierry</name>
<email>julien.thierry@arm.com</email>
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<published>2017-10-13T13:32:55+00:00</published>
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The arch timer configuration for a CPU might get reset after suspending
said CPU.

In order to reliably use the event stream in the kernel (e.g. for delays),
we keep track of the state where we can safely consider the event stream as
properly configured. After writing to cntkctl, we issue an ISB to ensure
that subsequent delay loops can rely on the event stream being enabled.

Signed-off-by: Julien Thierry &lt;julien.thierry@arm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Marc Zyngier &lt;marc.zyngier@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Russell King &lt;linux@armlinux.org.uk&gt;
Cc: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
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The arch timer configuration for a CPU might get reset after suspending
said CPU.

In order to reliably use the event stream in the kernel (e.g. for delays),
we keep track of the state where we can safely consider the event stream as
properly configured. After writing to cntkctl, we issue an ISB to ensure
that subsequent delay loops can rely on the event stream being enabled.

Signed-off-by: Julien Thierry &lt;julien.thierry@arm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Marc Zyngier &lt;marc.zyngier@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Russell King &lt;linux@armlinux.org.uk&gt;
Cc: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
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<title>Merge branch 'linus' into locking/core, to pick up fixes</title>
<updated>2017-08-25T09:04:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ingo Molnar</name>
<email>mingo@kernel.org</email>
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<published>2017-08-25T09:04:51+00:00</published>
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Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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