linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] clocksource/drivers/timer-gx6605s: Fixup counter reload

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Date:   Mon, 24 Aug 2020 11:35:57 +0200
From:   Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
To:     guoren@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-csky@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Guo Ren <guoren@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clocksource/drivers/timer-gx6605s: Fixup counter reload

On 18/08/2020 09:31, guoren@...nel.org wrote:
> From: Guo Ren <guoren@...ux.alibaba.com>
> 
> When the timer counts to the upper limit, an overflow interrupt is
> generated, and the count is reset with the value in the TIME_INI
> register. But the software expects to start counting from 0 when
> the count overflows, so it forces TIME_INI to 0 to solve the
> potential interrupt storm problem.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Guo Ren <guoren@...ux.alibaba.com>
> Tested-by: Xu Kai <xukai@...ionalchip.com>
> Cc: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> ---

Applied, thanks


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