Re: [PATCH 0/4] clocksource/vt8500: Fix hangs in small delays

From: Roman Volkov
Date: Mon Dec 21 2015 - 03:36:28 EST


On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 01:28:08 +0300
Roman Volkov <v1ron@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Roman Volkov <rvolkov@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> vt8500 hangs in nanosleep() function, starting from commit
> c6eb3f70d4482806dc2d3e1e3c7736f497b1d418, making the system unusable.
> Per investigation, looks like set_next_event() now receives too small
> delta and fails with -ETIME.
>
> Google group discussion:
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vt8500-wm8505-linux-kernel/vDMF_mDOb1k
>
> Roman Volkov (4):
> clocksource/vt8500: Use [read\write]l_relaxed()
> clocksource/vt8500: Remove the 'loops' variable
> clocksource/vt8500: Use MIN_OSCR_DELTA from PXA
> clocksource/vt8500: Add register R/W functions
>
> drivers/clocksource/vt8500_timer.c | 98
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 69
> insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
>

Please note that vt8500 maintainer (Tony Prisk) was silent in the last
year. Any suggestions on this?

Regards,
Roman
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