Re: [PATCH v16 00/15] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT support in arm_arch_timer

[Xiongfeng Wang]

Tested-by:  wangxiongfeng2@xxxxxxxxxx on D05 board.


On 2016/11/16 21:48, fu.wei@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Fu Wei <fu.wei@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> This patchset:
>     (1)Preparation for adding GTDT support in arm_arch_timer:
>         1. Move some enums and marcos to header file;
>         2. Add a new enum for spi type;
>         3. Improve printk relevant code.
>         4. rename some  enums and defines, and some cleanups.
>         5. separate out arch_timer_uses_ppi init code and fix a potential bug
>         6. Refactor arch_timer_detect_rate to keep dt code only in *_of_init
>         7. Refactor arch_timer_needs_probing, and call it only if acpi disabled.
>         8. Introduce some new structs and refactor the timer init code
> 
>     (2)Introduce ACPI GTDT parser: drivers/acpi/arm64/acpi_gtdt.c
>     Parse all kinds of timer in GTDT table of ACPI:arch timer,
>     memory-mapped timer and SBSA Generic Watchdog timer.
>     This driver can help to simplify all the relevant timer drivers,
>     and separate all the ACPI GTDT knowledge from them.
> 
>     (3)Simplify ACPI code for arm_arch_timer
> 
>     (4)Add GTDT support for ARM memory-mapped timer, also refactor
>     original memory-mapped timer dt support for reusing some common
>     code.
> 
> This patchset has been tested on the following platforms with ACPI enabled:
>     (1)ARM Foundation v8 model
> 
> Changelog:
> v16: https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/
>      Fix patchset problem about static enum ppi_nr of 01/13 in v15.
>      Refactor arch_timer_detect_rate.
>      Refactor arch_timer_needs_probing.
> 
> v15: https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/11/15/366
>      Re-order patches
>      Add arm_arch_timer refactoring patches to prepare for GTDT:
>          1. rename some  enums and defines, and some cleanups
>          2. separate out arch_timer_uses_ppi init code and fix a potential bug
>          3. Improve some new structs, refactor the timer init code.
>      Since the some structs have been changed, GTDT parser for memory-mapped
>      timer and SBSA Generic Watchdog timer have been update.
> 
> v14: https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/9/28/573
>      Separate memory-mapped timer GTDT support into two patches
>          1. Refactor the timer init code to prepare for GTDT
>          2. Add GTDT support for memory-mapped timer
> 
> v13: http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg1231717.html
>      Improve arm_arch_timer code for memory-mapped
>      timer GTDT support, refactor original memory-mapped timer
>      dt support for reusing some common code.
> 
> v12: https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/9/13/250
>      Rebase to latest Linux 4.8-rc6
>      Delete the confusing "skipping" in the error message.
> 
> V11: https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/9/6/354
>      Rebase to latest Linux 4.8-rc5
>      Delete typedef (suggested by checkpatch.pl)
> 
> V10: https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/7/26/215
>      Drop the "readq" patch.
>      Rebase to latest Linux 4.7.
> 
> V9: https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/7/25/345
>     Improve pr_err message in acpi gtdt driver.
>     Update Commit message for 7/9
>     shorten the irq mapping function name
>     Improve GTDT driver for memory-mapped timer
> 
> v8: https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/7/19/660
>     Improve "pr_fmt(fmt)" definition: add "ACPI" in front of "GTDT",
>     and also improve printk message.
>     Simplify is_timer_block and is_watchdog.
>     Merge acpi_gtdt_desc_init and gtdt_arch_timer_init into acpi_gtdt_init();
>     Delete __init in include/linux/acpi.h for GTDT API
>     Make ARM64 select GTDT.
>     Delete "#include <linux/module.h>" from acpi_gtdt.c
>     Simplify GT block parse code.
> 
> v7: https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/7/13/769
>     Move the GTDT driver to drivers/acpi/arm64
>     Add add the ARM64-specific ACPI Support maintainers in MAINTAINERS
>     Merge 3 patches of GTDT parser driver.
>     Fix the for_each_platform_timer bug.
> 
> v6: https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/6/29/580
>     split the GTDT driver to 4 parts: basic, arch_timer, memory-mapped timer,
>     and SBSA Generic Watchdog timer
>     Improve driver by suggestions and example code from Daniel Lezcano
> 
> v5: https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/5/24/356
>     Sorting out all patches, simplify the API of GTDT driver:
>     GTDT driver just fills the data struct for arm_arch_timer driver.
> 
> v4: https://lists.linaro.org/pipermail/linaro-acpi/2016-March/006667.html
>     Delete the kvm relevant patches
>     Separate two patches for sorting out the code for arm_arch_timer.
>     Improve irq info export code to allow missing irq info in GTDT table.
> 
> v3: https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/2/1/658
>     Improve GTDT driver code:
>       (1)improve pr_* by defining pr_fmt(fmt)
>       (2)simplify gtdt_sbsa_gwdt_init
>       (3)improve gtdt_arch_timer_data_init, if table is NULL, it will try
>       to get GTDT table.
>     Move enum ppi_nr to arm_arch_timer.h, and add enum spi_nr.
>     Add arm_arch_timer get ppi from DT and GTDT support for kvm.
> 
> v2: https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/12/2/10
>     Rebase to latest kernel version(4.4-rc3).
>     Fix the bug about the config problem,
>     use CONFIG_ACPI_GTDT instead of CONFIG_ACPI in arm_arch_timer.c
> 
> v1: The first upstreaming version: https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/10/28/553
> 
> Fu Wei (15):
>   clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Move enums and defines to header
>     file
>   clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Add a new enum for spi type
>   clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Improve printk relevant code
>   clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: rename some enums and defines, and
>     some cleanups.
>   clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: fix a bug in arch_timer_register
>     about arch_timer_uses_ppi
>   clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: separate out arch_timer_uses_ppi
>     init code to prepare for GTDT.
>   clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Refactor arch_timer_detect_rate to
>     keep dt code in *_of_init
>   clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Refactor arch_timer_needs_probing,
>     and call it only if acpi disabled.
>   clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Introduce some new structs to
>     prepare for GTDT
>   clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Refactor the timer init code to
>     prepare for GTDT
>   acpi/arm64: Add GTDT table parse driver
>   clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Simplify ACPI support code.
>   acpi/arm64: Add memory-mapped timer support in GTDT driver
>   clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Add GTDT support for memory-mapped
>     timer
>   acpi/arm64: Add SBSA Generic Watchdog support in GTDT driver
> 
>  arch/arm64/Kconfig                   |   1 +
>  drivers/acpi/arm64/Kconfig           |   3 +
>  drivers/acpi/arm64/Makefile          |   1 +
>  drivers/acpi/arm64/gtdt.c            | 411 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c | 484 ++++++++++++++++++++---------------
>  drivers/watchdog/Kconfig             |   1 +
>  include/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.h |  61 ++++-
>  include/linux/acpi.h                 |   8 +
>  virt/kvm/arm/hyp/timer-sr.c          |   6 +-
>  9 files changed, 759 insertions(+), 217 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/acpi/arm64/gtdt.c
>