linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 2/3] RISC-V:Support per-hart timebase-frequency

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Date:   Mon, 17 Sep 2018 07:23:08 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Atish Patra <atish.patra@....com>
Cc:     palmer@...ive.com, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
        hch@...radead.org, mark.rutland@....com, robh@...nel.org,
        Damien.LeMoal@....com, marc.zyngier@....com, anup@...infault.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [RFC 2/3] RISC-V:Support per-hart timebase-frequency

On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 02:54:55PM -0700, Atish Patra wrote:
> Follow the updated DT specs and read the timebase-frequency
> from the boot cpu. Keep the old DT reading as well for backward
> compatibility. This patch is rework of old patch from Palmer.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Atish Patra <atish.patra@....com>

This setup looks a bit odd because it keeps blindly overwriting
riscv_timebase for every cpu found.  Shouldn't we at least check that
they all match for now as the rest of the port assumes that?