[PATCH 4.9 010/206] parisc: Mark cr16 clocksource unstable on SMP systems

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Tue Jan 10 2017 - 08:43:47 EST


4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>

commit 41744213602a206f24adcb4a2b7551db3c700e72 upstream.

The cr16 interval timer of each CPU is not syncronized to other cr16
timers in other CPUs in a SMP system. So, delay the registration of the
cr16 clocksource until all CPUs have been detected and then - if we are
on a SMP machine - mark the cr16 clocksource as unstable and lower it's
rating before registering it at the clocksource framework.

This patch fixes the stalled CPU warnings which we have seen since
introduction of the cr16 clocksource.

Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
arch/parisc/kernel/time.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/time.c
@@ -289,9 +289,26 @@ void __init time_init(void)

cr16_hz = 100 * PAGE0->mem_10msec; /* Hz */

- /* register at clocksource framework */
- clocksource_register_hz(&clocksource_cr16, cr16_hz);
-
/* register as sched_clock source */
sched_clock_register(read_cr16_sched_clock, BITS_PER_LONG, cr16_hz);
}
+
+static int __init init_cr16_clocksource(void)
+{
+ /*
+ * The cr16 interval timers are not syncronized across CPUs, so mark
+ * them unstable and lower rating on SMP systems.
+ */
+ if (num_online_cpus() > 1) {
+ clocksource_cr16.flags = CLOCK_SOURCE_UNSTABLE;
+ clocksource_cr16.rating = 0;
+ }
+
+ /* register at clocksource framework */
+ clocksource_register_hz(&clocksource_cr16,
+ 100 * PAGE0->mem_10msec);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+device_initcall(init_cr16_clocksource);