RE: [PATCH] clocksource/fsl: Fix errata A-007728 for flextimer

[Meng Yi]

> >  drivers/clocksource/fsl_ftm_timer.c | 9 ++++-----
> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/fsl_ftm_timer.c
> > b/drivers/clocksource/fsl_ftm_timer.c index 738515b..ade26e5 100644
> > --- a/drivers/clocksource/fsl_ftm_timer.c
> > +++ b/drivers/clocksource/fsl_ftm_timer.c
> > @@ -83,11 +83,10 @@ static inline void ftm_counter_disable(void
> > __iomem
> > *base)
> >
> >  static inline void ftm_irq_acknowledge(void __iomem *base)  {
> > -	u32 val;
> > -
> > -	val = ftm_readl(base + FTM_SC);
> > -	val &= ~FTM_SC_TOF;
> > -	ftm_writel(val, base + FTM_SC);
> > +	/*read and clean the FTM_SC_TOF bit until its cleared*/
> > +	while (FTM_SC_TOF & ftm_readl(base + FTM_SC))
> > +		ftm_writel(ftm_readl(base + FTM_SC) & (~FTM_SC_TOF),
> > +			   base + FTM_SC);
> >  }
> 
> So you are essentially polling hardware in interrupt context. Please add a
> sensible timeout to abort this loop in case of defective hardware, and maybe
> disable the interrupt in that case.
> 

Oh, right. Thank for your comments. I will correct that in next version.

 Best regards,
Meng