linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv4 0/4] ARM: Fixing udelay() for SMP and non-SMP systems

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Date:	Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:48:45 -0800
From:	Saravana Kannan <skannan@...eaurora.org>
To:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
CC:	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>,
	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...eaurora.org>,
	Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org>,
	John Stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>,
	Brian Swetland <swetland@...gle.com>,
	Arve Hjønnevåg 
	<arve@...roid.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Mattias Wallin <Mattias.Wallin@...ricsson.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 0/4] ARM: Fixing udelay() for SMP and non-SMP systems

On 03/04/2011 02:10 AM, Linus Walleij wrote:
> 2010/12/20 Stephen Boyd<sboyd@...eaurora.org>:
>
>> These patches fix the udelay() issue pointed out on
>> arm-lkml[1][2]. A quick recap: some SMP machines can scale
>> their CPU frequencies independent of one another. loops_per_jiffy
>> is calibrated globally and used in __const_udelay(). If one CPU
>> is running faster than what the loops_per_jiffy is calculated
>> (or scaled) for, udelay() will be incorrect and not wait long
>> enough (or too long). A similar problem occurs if the cpu
>> frequency is scaled during a udelay() call.
>
> Hwt's happening to this patch set? We have applied it and
> implemented a timer for the U8500.
>
> Tested-by: Linus Walleij<linus.walleij@...aro.org>
>
> Mattias WALLIN can probably also provide a Tested-by:
> from ST-Ericsson if it helps.
>
> Generally I think this is good and important stuff that should
> be merged, will you be submitting it to Russells patch tracker
> or pull request for 2.6.39?
>

Thanks for testing and reporting it Linus. We are certainly interested 
in getting this in. If I'm not mistaken, the last time we sent it out, 
there was a C vs. assembly argument and got side tracked or no one acked 
or responded to it. Will try to send out the patches again within the 
next few weeks.

Thanks,
Saravana

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