linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add sched_clock to AT91 TCB clocksource driver

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Date:	Mon, 1 Aug 2011 10:42:35 +0200
From:	Remy Bohmer <linux@...mer.net>
To:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Remy Bohmer <l.pinguin@...il.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
	Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@...osoft.com>,
	Andrew Victor <linux@...im.org.za>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add sched_clock to AT91 TCB clocksource driver

Hi Russell,

2011/7/31 Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>:
>> +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
>> @@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ config ARCH_AT91
>>       select HAVE_CLK
>>       select CLKDEV_LOOKUP
>>       select ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT if MMU
>> +     select HAVE_SCHED_CLOCK if ATMEL_TCB_CLKSRC
>>       help
>>         This enables support for systems based on the Atmel AT91RM9200,
>>         AT91SAM9 and AT91CAP9 processors.
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/sched_clock.c b/arch/arm/kernel/sched_clock.c
>> index 9a46370..f9028e4 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/sched_clock.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/sched_clock.c
>> @@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ static void (*sched_clock_update_fn)(void);
>>
>>  static void sched_clock_poll(unsigned long wrap_ticks)
>>  {
>> +     /*
>> +      * The sched_clock_update_fn may be initialised AFTER first call to
>> +      * time_init()
>> +      */
>> +     if (unlikely(!sched_clock_update_fn))
>> +             return;
>
> NAK.  I've said this before - sched_clock _must_ be up and running by the
> time this function is called - because shortly after this call is when
> the scheduler initializes, and the scheduler wants sched_clock() working
> at that point.

OK, I know that too, but the jiffies based fallback does it even
worse, since it does not run at all...  (It only updates in steps of a
couple of 100msecs and stops after a while, and even does not display
a real time...) This sched_clock implementation at least works before
the drivers are being initialised...

Anyway, do you have a better suggestion how to fix this? The tcb
clocksource is loaded during a arch_initcall(), perhaps we need
something before that point.
I do not see an easy way to integrate it in MACHINE_START(.timer).
Would 'late_time_init' be a better solution?

Kind regards,

Remy
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