linux-kernel - [PATCH 12/25] clocksource/drivers/tegra: Lower clocksource rating for some Tegra's

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Message-Id: <20190626144651.16742-12-daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
Date:   Wed, 26 Jun 2019 16:46:38 +0200
From:   Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
To:     tglx@...utronix.de
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@...il.com>,
        Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        Jonathan Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>,
        linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org (open list:TEGRA ARCHITECTURE SUPPORT)
Subject: [PATCH 12/25] clocksource/drivers/tegra: Lower clocksource rating for some Tegra's

From: Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@...il.com>

Arch-timer is more preferable for a range of Tegra SoC generations as
it has higher precision and is not affect by any kind of problems.

Pointed-out-by: Peter De Schrijver <pdeschrijver@...dia.com>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@...il.com>
Acked-By: Peter De Schrijver <pdeschrijver@...dia.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
---
 drivers/clocksource/timer-tegra20.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-tegra20.c b/drivers/clocksource/timer-tegra20.c
index 6a3704142f31..ed1454000ea9 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-tegra20.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-tegra20.c
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct timer_of, tegra_to) = {
 
 	.clkevt = {
 		.name = "tegra_timer",
-		.rating = 460,
 		.features = CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_ONESHOT | CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_PERIODIC,
 		.set_next_event = tegra_timer_set_next_event,
 		.set_state_shutdown = tegra_timer_shutdown,
@@ -219,7 +218,8 @@ static inline unsigned int tegra_irq_idx_for_cpu(int cpu, bool tegra20)
 	return TIMER10_IRQ_IDX + cpu;
 }
 
-static int __init tegra_init_timer(struct device_node *np, bool tegra20)
+static int __init tegra_init_timer(struct device_node *np, bool tegra20,
+				   int rating)
 {
 	struct timer_of *to;
 	int cpu, ret;
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ static int __init tegra_init_timer(struct device_node *np, bool tegra20)
 
 		cpu_to = per_cpu_ptr(&tegra_to, cpu);
 		cpu_to->of_base.base = timer_reg_base + base;
+		cpu_to->clkevt.rating = rating;
 		cpu_to->clkevt.cpumask = cpumask_of(cpu);
 		cpu_to->clkevt.irq = irq_of_parse_and_map(np, idx);
 		if (!cpu_to->clkevt.irq) {
@@ -341,13 +342,34 @@ static int __init tegra_init_timer(struct device_node *np, bool tegra20)
 
 static int __init tegra210_init_timer(struct device_node *np)
 {
-	return tegra_init_timer(np, false);
+	/*
+	 * Arch-timer can't survive across power cycle of CPU core and
+	 * after CPUPORESET signal due to a system design shortcoming,
+	 * hence tegra-timer is more preferable on Tegra210.
+	 */
+	return tegra_init_timer(np, false, 460);
 }
 TIMER_OF_DECLARE(tegra210_timer, "nvidia,tegra210-timer", tegra210_init_timer);
 
 static int __init tegra20_init_timer(struct device_node *np)
 {
-	return tegra_init_timer(np, true);
+	int rating;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tegra20 and Tegra30 have Cortex A9 CPU that has a TWD timer,
+	 * that timer runs off the CPU clock and hence is subjected to
+	 * a jitter caused by DVFS clock rate changes. Tegra-timer is
+	 * more preferable for older Tegra's, while later SoC generations
+	 * have arch-timer as a main per-CPU timer and it is not affected
+	 * by DVFS changes.
+	 */
+	if (of_machine_is_compatible("nvidia,tegra20") ||
+	    of_machine_is_compatible("nvidia,tegra30"))
+		rating = 460;
+	else
+		rating = 330;
+
+	return tegra_init_timer(np, true, rating);
 }
 TIMER_OF_DECLARE(tegra20_timer, "nvidia,tegra20-timer", tegra20_init_timer);
 
-- 
2.17.1