Re: [PATCH] arm: Initialize hrtimer-based broadcast clockevent

[Jan Kiszka]

On 2018-03-01 07:04, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> On 2018-01-22 07:06, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> Analogously to 9358d755bd5c, this registers a broadcast clockevent in
>> case no hardware broadcast timer is available and the per-CPU timers can
>> be stopped in deep power states.
>>
>> Partitions of the Jailhouse hypervisor fall in this category.
>> Registering the workaround timer allows to enter high-resolution mode in
>> that case.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  arch/arm/kernel/time.c | 3 +++
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/time.c b/arch/arm/kernel/time.c
>> index 629f8e9981f1..0a45d861ef8e 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/time.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/time.c
>> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
>>   *  reading the RTC at bootup, etc...
>>   */
>>  #include <linux/clk-provider.h>
>> +#include <linux/clockchips.h>
>>  #include <linux/clocksource.h>
>>  #include <linux/errno.h>
>>  #include <linux/export.h>
>> @@ -121,5 +122,7 @@ void __init time_init(void)
>>  		of_clk_init(NULL);
>>  #endif
>>  		timer_probe();
>> +
>> +		tick_setup_hrtimer_broadcast();
>>  	}
>>  }
>>
> 
> Gentle ping, just to avoid that this falls through the cracks because
> it's so small.
> 

2nd ping. Should this patch be routed via ARM or rather some tip/timers
tree?

Jan

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