Re: [PATCH] clocksource: arm_global_timer: fix suspend resume

From: Felipe Balbi
Date: Fri Nov 13 2015 - 11:44:40 EST



Hi,

Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@xxxxxx> writes:
> Now the System stall is observed on TI AM437x based board
> (am437x-gp-evm) during resuming from System suspend when ARM Global
> timer is selected as clocksource device - SysRq are working, but
> nothing else. The reason of stall is that ARM Global timer loses its
> contexts.
>
> The reason of stall is that ARM Global timer loses its contexts during
> System suspend:
> GT_CONTROL.TIMER_ENABLE = 0 (unbanked)
> GT_COUNTERx = 0
>
> Hence, update ARM Global timer driver to reflect above behaviour
> - save GT_CONTROL.TIMER_ENABLE during suspend and restore on resume;
> - ensure clocksource and clockevent devices have coresponding flags
> (CLOCK_SOURCE_SUSPEND_NONSTOP and CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_C3STOP) set
> depending on presence of "always-on" DT property.
>
> CC: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Felipe Balbi <balbi@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@xxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/clocksource/arm_global_timer.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/arm_global_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/arm_global_timer.c
> index a2cb6fa..1bbaf64 100644
> --- a/drivers/clocksource/arm_global_timer.c
> +++ b/drivers/clocksource/arm_global_timer.c
> @@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ static void __iomem *gt_base;
> static unsigned long gt_clk_rate;
> static int gt_ppi;
> static struct clock_event_device __percpu *gt_evt;
> +static bool gt_always_on;
> +static u32 gt_control;
>
> /*
> * To get the value from the Global Timer Counter register proceed as follows:
> @@ -168,6 +170,9 @@ static int gt_clockevents_init(struct clock_event_device *clk)
> {
> int cpu = smp_processor_id();
>
> + if (!gt_always_on)
> + clk->features |= CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_C3STOP;
> +
> clk->name = "arm_global_timer";
> clk->features = CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_PERIODIC | CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_ONESHOT |
> CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_PERCPU;
> @@ -195,12 +200,25 @@ static cycle_t gt_clocksource_read(struct clocksource *cs)
> return gt_counter_read();
> }
>
> +static void gt_suspend(struct clocksource *cs)
> +{
> + gt_control = readl(gt_base + GT_CONTROL);
> +}
> +
> +static void gt_resume(struct clocksource *cs)
> +{
> + /* enables timer on all the cores */
> + writel(gt_control & GT_CONTROL_TIMER_ENABLE, gt_base + GT_CONTROL);

do you really need to save context if all you restore is TIMER_ENABLE
bit ? seems like you could skip gt_suspend altogether. Is there really a
situation where this driver is running and GT isn't enabled ?

--
balbi

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