linux-kernel - Re: [RFC/PATCH 00/11] arm: omap: counter32k rework

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Date:	Mon, 5 Oct 2015 03:55:55 -0700
From:	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
To:	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, balbi@...com,
	Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
	linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
	Linux OMAP Mailing List <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 00/11] arm: omap: counter32k rework

* Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org> [151001 15:16]:
> On 09/30/2015 04:49 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> >On Wednesday 30 September 2015 16:42:21 Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> >>
> >>TEGRA folks: the tegra_read_persistent_clock() implementation apparently
> >>predates the Tegra RTC driver and I wonder if they actually do the
> >>right thing in combination. Could it be that the wall time forwards
> >>twice as fast as it should during resume when the RTC driver is loaded?
> >>Could it be that we can simply remove  tegra_read_persistent_clock()
> >>and the register_persistent_clock() infrastructure?
> >>
> >
> >I found the 'sleeptime_injected' variable now, which takes care of
> >forwarding the clock by the correct amount.
> >
> >I also found the CLOCK_SOURCE_SUSPEND_NONSTOP flag next to it, which
> >should let us use the counter32k driver to provide the correct
> >time during suspend without the omap_read_persistent_clock() function.
> >We should be able to just delete that code.
> >
> >If we decide to also delete the tegra_read_persistent_clock()
> >function, we can remove the registration too.
> 
> 
> +1

We could maybe have read_persistent_clock() just check for the
CLOCK_SOURCE_SUSPEND_NONSTOP flag?

And we probably should have also has_persistent_clock() or something
that also checks for the CLOCK_SOURCE_SUSPEND_NONSTOP.

Regards,

Tony
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