linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 08/13] ARM: sunxi: Add initialization of CNTVOFF

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Date:   Tue, 3 Apr 2018 11:12:18 +0200
From:   Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...tlin.com>
To:     Mylène Josserand <mylene.josserand@...tlin.com>
Cc:     linux@...linux.org.uk, wens@...e.org, marc.zyngier@....com,
        mark.rutland@....com, robh+dt@...nel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, clabbe.montjoie@...il.com,
        quentin.schulz@...tlin.com, thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 08/13] ARM: sunxi: Add initialization of CNTVOFF

On Tue, Apr 03, 2018 at 08:18:31AM +0200, Mylène Josserand wrote:
> Add the initialization of CNTVOFF for sun8i-a83t.
> 
> For boot CPU, Create a new machine that handles this
> function's call in an "init_early" callback.
> For secondary CPUs, add this function into secondary_startup
> assembly entry.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mylène Josserand <mylene.josserand@...tlin.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/mach-sunxi/headsmp.S |  1 +
>  arch/arm/mach-sunxi/sunxi.c   | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
>  2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/headsmp.S b/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/headsmp.S
> index 79890fbe5613..b586b7cf803a 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/headsmp.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/headsmp.S
> @@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ ENDPROC(sunxi_mc_smp_cluster_cache_enable)
>  
>  ENTRY(sunxi_mc_smp_secondary_startup)
>  	bl	sunxi_mc_smp_cluster_cache_enable
> +	bl	smp_init_cntvoff
>  	b	secondary_startup
>  ENDPROC(sunxi_mc_smp_secondary_startup)
>  
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/sunxi.c b/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/sunxi.c
> index 5e9602ce1573..090784108c0a 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/sunxi.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/sunxi.c
> @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
>  #include <linux/platform_device.h>
>  
>  #include <asm/mach/arch.h>
> +#include <asm/smp_cntvoff.h>
>  
>  static const char * const sunxi_board_dt_compat[] = {
>  	"allwinner,sun4i-a10",
> @@ -62,7 +63,6 @@ MACHINE_END
>  static const char * const sun8i_board_dt_compat[] = {
>  	"allwinner,sun8i-a23",
>  	"allwinner,sun8i-a33",
> -	"allwinner,sun8i-a83t",
>  	"allwinner,sun8i-h2-plus",
>  	"allwinner,sun8i-h3",
>  	"allwinner,sun8i-r40",
> @@ -75,6 +75,22 @@ DT_MACHINE_START(SUN8I_DT, "Allwinner sun8i Family")
>  	.dt_compat	= sun8i_board_dt_compat,
>  MACHINE_END
>  
> +void __init sun8i_cntvoff_init(void)
> +{
> +	smp_init_cntvoff();

Can't this be moved to the SMP setup code?

> +}
> +
> +static const char * const sun8i_cntvoff_board_dt_compat[] = {
> +	"allwinner,sun8i-a83t",
> +	NULL,
> +};
> +
> +DT_MACHINE_START(SUN8I_CNTVOFF_DT, "Allwinner sun8i boards needing cntvoff")

All of the SoCs need CNTVOFF, so that doesn't really make sense. Why
not just calling it for what it is: an A83t?

Maxime

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Maxime Ripard, Bootlin (formerly Free Electrons)
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com

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