linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] arm64: sunxi: Enable the sun4i timer

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Date:   Wed, 24 Mar 2021 10:33:06 +0100
From:   Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
To:     Samuel Holland <samuel@...lland.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
        Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>,
        Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@...l.net>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Cc:     devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-sunxi@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] arm64: sunxi: Enable the sun4i timer

On 24/03/2021 04:51, Samuel Holland wrote:
> On 3/22/21 9:18 AM, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
>> On 22/03/2021 05:47, Samuel Holland wrote:
>>> In preparation for adding CPU idle states, hook up the sun4i timer.
>>> Having a non-c3stop clockevent source available is necessary for all
>>> CPUs to simultaneously enter a local-timer-stop idle state.
>>
>> Why simultaneously ?
> Because the CPU providing (the hrtimer providing) the broadcast timer
> cannot enter an idle state which would stop that timer. So in my case,
> with 4 CPUs, I was seeing at most 3 CPUs enter idle at any given time.
> This prevented any cluster-level idle states from doing anything. After
> applying this series, I was able to observe the whole cluster powering
> down when appropriate.

Ah, ok. I did not realize this fourth CPU was acting as the broadcast
timer, so allowing at least a CPU power down. This setup is unusual.

The changes make sense.

Acked-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>



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