linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 0/5] ARM/ARM64 architected timer updates

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Date:	Fri, 30 Aug 2013 16:46:17 +0100
From:	Sudeep KarkadaNagesha <Sudeep.KarkadaNagesha@....com>
To:	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Catalin Marinas <Catalin.Marinas@....com>
CC:	Sudeep KarkadaNagesha <Sudeep.KarkadaNagesha@....com>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Lorenzo Pieralisi <Lorenzo.Pieralisi@....com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 0/5] ARM/ARM64 architected timer updates

On 30/08/13 15:04, Will Deacon wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 12:43:09PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 11:07:28AM +0100, Sudeep KarkadaNagesha wrote:
>>> On 29/08/13 15:55, Sudeep KarkadaNagesha wrote:
>>>> From: Sudeep KarkadaNagesha <sudeep.karkadanagesha@....com>
>>>>
>>>> This patch series adds support to configure the rate and enable the
>>>> event stream for architected timer. The event streams can be used to
>>>> impose a timeout on a wfe, to safeguard against any programming error
>>>> in case an expected event is not generated or even to implement
>>>> wfe-based timeouts for userspace locking implementations. This feature
>>>> can be disabled(enabled by default).
>>>>
>>>> Since the timer control register is reset to zero on warm boot, CPU
>>>> PM notifier is added to save and restore the value.
>>>>
>>> Hi Russell,
>>>
>>> Can you have a look at this series ?
>>> If you are OK, can I have your ACK on arm specific changes(PATCH 2/5) ?
>>
>> I think it would be more value to have someone from ARM Ltd ack it,
>> because they will know the code much better than I do.
> 
> Looks good to me, so for patch 2/5:
> 
>   Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
> 
Thanks Will and Russell.

Hi Catalin,

Can I have your ACK for ARM64 changes(PATCH 3/5) so that Daniel can
accept my pull request ?

Regards,
Sudeep

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