linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] clocksource/drivers/riscv: Get rid of clocksource_arch

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Message-ID: <CA+V-a8urku9J3dre00PCDGBSFmFKeNpcZ4ST3bcRuJGFj8f87w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 23 Dec 2022 04:10:17 +0000
From:   "Lad, Prabhakar" <prabhakar.csengg@...il.com>
To:     Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>,
        Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>
Cc:     linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, Anup Patel <anup@...infault.org>,
        linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Biju Das <biju.das.jz@...renesas.com>,
        Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@...renesas.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] clocksource/drivers/riscv: Get rid of
 clocksource_arch_init() callback

On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 9:59 PM Prabhakar <prabhakar.csengg@...il.com> wrote:
>
> From: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@...renesas.com>
>
> Having a clocksource_arch_init() callback always sets vdso_clock_mode to
> VDSO_CLOCKMODE_ARCHTIMER if GENERIC_GETTIMEOFDAY is enabled, this is
> required for the riscv-timer.
>
> This works for platforms where just riscv-timer clocksource is present.
> On platforms where other clock sources are available we want them to
> register with vdso_clock_mode set to VDSO_CLOCKMODE_NONE.
>
> On the Renesas RZ/Five SoC OSTM block can be used as clocksource [0], to
> avoid multiple clock sources being registered as VDSO_CLOCKMODE_ARCHTIMER
> move setting of vdso_clock_mode in the riscv-timer driver instead of doing
> this in clocksource_arch_init() callback as done similarly for ARM/64
> architecture.
>
> [0] drivers/clocksource/renesas-ostm.c
>
> Signed-off-by: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@...renesas.com>
> ---
>  arch/riscv/Kconfig                | 1 -
>  arch/riscv/kernel/time.c          | 9 ---------
>  drivers/clocksource/timer-riscv.c | 7 +++++++
>  3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
Gentle ping for review.

Cheers,
Prabhakar