linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 05/11] ARM: smp: Add initialization of CNTVOFF

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Date:   Wed, 18 Apr 2018 11:30:47 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Mylène Josserand <mylene.josserand@...tlin.com>
Cc:     Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...tlin.com>,
        Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>,
        Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>,
        Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>,
        Linux-Renesas <linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS" 
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        LABBE Corentin <clabbe.montjoie@...il.com>,
        quentin.schulz@...tlin.com,
        Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 05/11] ARM: smp: Add initialization of CNTVOFF

Allo Mylène,

On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 11:50 PM, Mylène Josserand
<mylene.josserand@...tlin.com> wrote:
> The CNTVOFF register from arch timer is uninitialized.
> It should be done by the bootloader but it is currently not the case,
> even for boot CPU because this SoC is booting in secure mode.
> It leads to an random offset value meaning that each CPU will have a
> different time, which isn't working very well.
>
> Add assembly code used for boot CPU and secondary CPU cores to make
> sure that the CNTVOFF register is initialized. Because this code can
> be used by different platforms, add this assembly file in ARM's common
> folder.

Thanks for your patch!

> Signed-off-by: Mylène Josserand <mylene.josserand@...tlin.com>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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