RE: [PATCH 3/3] RTC: Update seconds time programming logic

[Anurag Kumar Vulisha]

Hi Alexandre,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexandre Belloni [mailto:alexandre.belloni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 1:28 PM
> To: Anurag Kumar Vulisha <anuragku@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; Soren Brinkmann
> <sorenb@xxxxxxxxxx>; Michal Simek <michals@xxxxxxxxxx>; rtc-
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] RTC: Update seconds time programming logic
>
> On 20/04/2016 at 07:10:22 +0000, Anurag Kumar Vulisha wrote :
> > The reason for me keeping this logic is, our RTC controller updates
> > the read register after 1 sec delay, so when read , it gives 1 sec
> > delay(correct time - 1 sec). So to avoid that we are programming load
> > time + 1sec into the write register. So when read we would be getting
> > the correct time without any delay. If any request comes from user to read
> time before RTC updating the read register, we need to give the previous
> loaded time instead of giving the time from the read register.
> > For doing the above said, we are relaying on seconds interrupt in
> > RTC_INT_STS register. We Clear the RTC_INT_STS register while
> > programming the time into the write register . If we get a request
> > from user to read time within the 1 sec period i.e before the RTC_INT_SEC
> interrupt bit is set in RTC_INT_STS, we need to give the previous loaded
> time.
> > This should be done if time is requested from user space within  1 sec
> > period after writing time, after the 1 sec  delay if user requested
> > the time , we can  give the give time from read register . This is
> > because the correct time is being updated in the read register after 1
> > sec delay. For this logic to happen we are depending on  xrtcdev-
> >time_updated  variable to get updated after the very fist RTC_INT_SEC
> interrupt occurance in the interrupt handler.
> > Since we are relaying on  xrtcdev->time_updated  to get updated from
> > interrupt handler, I think reading the RTC_INT_STS in xlnx_rtc_read_time()
> is not helpful.
> >
>
> Yeas, I understood that. But my question was whether the interrupt handling
> was necessary at all.
> Instead of waiting for an interrupt to set time_updated, can't you simply read
> RTC_INT_STS and check for the RTC_INT_SEC bit in
> xlnx_rtc_read_time() ?
>
> Something like:
>
> status = readl(xrtcdev->reg_base + RTC_INT_STS) if (status & RTC_INT_SEC)
>       rtc_time64_to_tm(readl(xrtcdev->reg_base + RTC_CUR_TM), tm);
> else
>       rtc_time64_to_tm(readl(xrtcdev->reg_base + RTC_SET_TM_RD) - 1,
> tm);
>
> It all depends on whether the RTC_INT_SEC bit in RTC_INT_STS is being
> updated even when it is not enabled as an interrupt.
>

The above said logic will work if we doesn't clear the RTC_INT_STS register after the
RTC_INT_SEC bit is set, this happens only if interrupts are not enabled. If interrupts
are enabled we will be clearing the RTC_INT_STS every time in the interrupt handler.
And moreover we need to return time from RTC_SET_TM_RD only if time is requested
within 1 sec span after programming the time only , so this is required only for one time.
Since we are clearing the RTC_INT_STS in our interrupt handler, we might end up in giving
the wrong time to the user when requested.So I think this logic might not work.
Please correct me if am wrong.

Thanks,
Anurag Kumar V

> > Thanks,
> > Anurag Kumar V
> >
> > > > +       xrtcdev->time_updated = 0;
> > > > +
> > > >         return 0;
> > > >  }
> > > >
> > > > @@ -85,7 +103,17 @@ static int xlnx_rtc_read_time(struct device
> > > > *dev, struct rtc_time *tm)  {
> > > >         struct xlnx_rtc_dev *xrtcdev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> > > >
> > > > -       rtc_time64_to_tm(readl(xrtcdev->reg_base + RTC_CUR_TM), tm);
> > > > +       if (xrtcdev->time_updated == 0) {
> > > > +               /*
> > > > +                * Time written in SET_TIME_WRITE has not yet updated into
> > > > +                * the seconds read register, so read the time from the
> > > > +                * SET_TIME_WRITE instead of CURRENT_TIME register.
> > > > +                */
> > > > +               rtc_time64_to_tm(readl(xrtcdev->reg_base +
> > > RTC_SET_TM_RD), tm);
> > > > +               tm->tm_sec -= 1;
> > > > +       } else {
> > > > +               rtc_time64_to_tm(readl(xrtcdev->reg_base +
> > > RTC_CUR_TM), tm);
> > > > +       }
> > > >
> > > >         return rtc_valid_tm(tm);
> > > >  }
> > > > @@ -133,6 +161,9 @@ static void xlnx_init_rtc(struct xlnx_rtc_dev
> > > > *xrtcdev)  {
> > > >         u32 rtc_ctrl;
> > > >
> > > > +       /* Enable RTC SEC interrupts */
> > > > +       writel(RTC_INT_SEC, xrtcdev->reg_base + RTC_INT_EN);
> > > > +
> > > >         /* Enable RTC switch to battery when VCC_PSAUX is not available */
> > > >         rtc_ctrl = readl(xrtcdev->reg_base + RTC_CTRL);
> > > >         rtc_ctrl |= RTC_BATT_EN;
> > > > @@ -169,8 +200,13 @@ static irqreturn_t xlnx_rtc_interrupt(int
> > > > irq, void
> > > *id)
> > > >         /* Clear interrupt */
> > > >         writel(status, xrtcdev->reg_base + RTC_INT_STS);
> > > >
> > > > -       if (status & RTC_INT_SEC)
> > > > +       if (status & RTC_INT_SEC) {
> > > > +               if (xrtcdev->time_updated == 0) {
> > > > +                       /* RTC updated the seconds read register */
> > > > +                       xrtcdev->time_updated = 1;
> > > > +               }
> > > >                 rtc_update_irq(xrtcdev->rtc, 1, RTC_IRQF | RTC_UF);
> > > > +       }
> > > >         if (status & RTC_INT_ALRM)
> > > >                 rtc_update_irq(xrtcdev->rtc, 1, RTC_IRQF | RTC_AF);
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > 2.1.2
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons
> > > Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
> > > http://free-electrons.com
>
> --
> Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons
> Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering http://free-electrons.com


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