linux-kernel - [PATCH v6 4/5] drivers: clocksource: add support for ARM architected timer event stream

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Message-Id: <1377788142-21388-5-git-send-email-Sudeep.KarkadaNagesha@arm.com>
Date:	Thu, 29 Aug 2013 15:55:41 +0100
From:	Sudeep KarkadaNagesha <Sudeep.KarkadaNagesha@....com>
To:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Sudeep.KarkadaNagesha@....com,
	Lorenzo Pieralisi <Lorenzo.Pieralisi@....com>,
	Will Deacon <Will.Deacon@....com>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>,
	Sudeep KarkadaNagesha <sudeep.karkadanagesha@....com>
Subject: [PATCH v6 4/5] drivers: clocksource: add support for ARM architected timer event stream

From: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>

The ARM architected timer can generate events (used for waking up
CPUs executing the wfe instruction) at a frequency represented as a
power-of-2 divisor of the clock rate.

An event stream might be used:
- To impose a time-out on a wfe polling loop.
- To safeguard against any programming error in case an expected event
  is not generated.
- To implement wfe-based timeouts for userspace locking implementations.

This patch computes the event stream frequency aiming for a period
of 100us between events. It uses ARM/ARM64 specific backends to configure
and enable the event stream.

Cc: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
[sudeep: moving ARM/ARM64 changes into separate patches
         and adding Kconfig option]
Signed-off-by: Sudeep KarkadaNagesha <sudeep.karkadanagesha@....com>
---
 drivers/clocksource/Kconfig          | 14 ++++++++++++++
 drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
 include/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.h |  2 ++
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig b/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig
index b7b9b04..49f1f6e 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig
@@ -74,6 +74,20 @@ config ARM_ARCH_TIMER
 	bool
 	select CLKSRC_OF if OF
 
+config ARM_ARCH_TIMER_EVTSTREAM
+	bool "Support for ARM architected timer event stream generation"
+	default y if ARM_ARCH_TIMER
+	help
+	  This option enables support for event stream generation based on
+	  the ARM architected timer. It is used for waking up CPUs executing
+	  the wfe instruction at a frequency represented as a power-of-2
+	  divisor of the clock rate. An event stream might be mainly useful
+	  for wfe-based timeouts for userspace locking implementations.
+	  It might also be useful for imposing timeout on a wfe or even
+	  safeguarding against any programming errors in case an expected
+	  event is not generated. This must be disabled for hardware validation
+	  purposes to detect any hardware anomalies of missing events.
+
 config ARM_GLOBAL_TIMER
 	bool
 	select CLKSRC_OF if OF
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
index ffadd83..9777b36 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
@@ -123,6 +123,19 @@ static int arch_timer_set_next_event_phys(unsigned long evt,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void arch_timer_enable_evtstream(void)
+{
+	int evt_stream_div, pos;
+
+	/* Find the closest power of two to the divisor */
+	evt_stream_div = arch_timer_rate / ARCH_TIMER_EVT_STREAM_FREQ;
+	pos = fls(evt_stream_div);
+	if (pos > 1 && !(evt_stream_div & (1 << (pos - 2))))
+		pos--;
+	/* enable event stream */
+	arch_timer_evtstrm_enable(min(pos, 15));
+}
+
 static int arch_timer_setup(struct clock_event_device *clk)
 {
 	clk->features = CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_ONESHOT | CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_C3STOP;
@@ -154,6 +167,8 @@ static int arch_timer_setup(struct clock_event_device *clk)
 	}
 
 	arch_counter_set_user_access();
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM_ARCH_TIMER_EVTSTREAM))
+		arch_timer_enable_evtstream();
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.h b/include/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.h
index 551f7e9..c4d0fc4 100644
--- a/include/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.h
+++ b/include/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.h
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 #define ARCH_TIMER_USR_VT_ACCESS_EN	(1 << 8) /* virtual timer registers */
 #define ARCH_TIMER_USR_PT_ACCESS_EN	(1 << 9) /* physical timer registers */
 
+#define ARCH_TIMER_EVT_STREAM_FREQ	10000	/* 100us */
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_ARCH_TIMER
 
 extern u32 arch_timer_get_rate(void);
-- 
1.8.1.2


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