RE: [PATCH] ARM: mach-shmobile: Don't configure ARCH timer if PSCI is enabled
From: Biju Das
Date: Thu Apr 18 2019 - 03:14:51 EST
Hi Oleksandr,
Thanks for the patch.
> Subject: [PATCH] ARM: mach-shmobile: Don't configure ARCH timer if PSCI is
> enabled
>
> From: Oleksandr Tyshchenko <oleksandr_tyshchenko@xxxxxxxx>
>
> If CONFIG_PSCI is enabled then most likely we are running on PSCI-enabled
> U-Boot which, we assume, has already taken care of configuring ARCH timer
> stuff before switching to non-secure mode.
>
> Signed-off-by: Oleksandr Tyshchenko <oleksandr_tyshchenko@xxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> A bit of context here...
>
> We are highly interested in Renesas "Stout" board support (r8a7790) in Xen
> hypervisor. The reason is to have fully supported HW for performing
> "OSSTEST" (Xen automatic test system) on ARM32.
>
> To reach that target we need a "generic way" for the secondary CPU cores
> bring up and switching them to non-secure hyp mode.
> So, the PSCI as a generic well-known way to bring up CPUs, was chosen for
> that purpose.
>
> You can find corresponding patches for U-Boot here:
> http://u-boot.10912.n7.nabble.com/PATCH-0-3-PSCI-support-for-r8a7790-
> SoC-Lager-Stout-boards-td357352.html
>
> You can find corresponding patches for Xen hypervisor here:
> https://www.mail-archive.com/xen-
> devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg43332.html
>
> To sumarize:
> Together with enabling CONFIG_PSCI in shmobile_defconfig, current patch is
> a minimal required change needed to run mainline Linux on top of PSCI-
> enabled U-Boot.
> There is no need to modify device tree. U-Boot will take care of inserting
> proper "enable-method" strings in CPU nodes.
>
> ---
> arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-rcar-gen2.c | 9 ++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-rcar-gen2.c b/arch/arm/mach-
> shmobile/setup-rcar-gen2.c
> index eea60b2..bac4490 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-rcar-gen2.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-rcar-gen2.c
> @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static const struct of_device_id cpg_matches[]
> __initconst = {
> { /* sentinel */ }
> };
>
> -static unsigned int __init get_extal_freq(void)
> +static unsigned int __init __maybe_unused get_extal_freq(void)
> {
> const struct of_device_id *match;
> struct device_node *cpg, *extal;
> @@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ static unsigned int __init get_extal_freq(void)
>
> void __init rcar_gen2_timer_init(void)
> {
> +/*
> + * If CONFIG_PSCI is enabled then most likely we are running on
> +PSCI-enabled
> + * U-Boot which, we assume, has already taken care of configuring ARCH
> +timer
> + * stuff before switching to non-secure mode.
> + */
> +#if !defined(CONFIG_ARM_PSCI)
Is it required? If you see the below comment, it is already taken care
by the below code.
Is your code entering into this block, when booting the kernel in NS mode?
<snip>
/*
87 * Update the timer if it is either not running, or is not at the
88 * right frequency. The timer is only configurable in secure mode
89 * so this avoids an abort if the loader started the timer and
90 * entered the kernel in non-secure mode.
91 */
92
93 if ((ioread32(base + CNTCR) & 1) == 0 ||
94 ioread32(base + CNTFID0) != freq) {
95 /* Update registers with correct frequency */
96 iowrite32(freq, base + CNTFID0);
97 asm volatile("mcr p15, 0, %0, c14, c0, 0" : : "r" (freq));
98
99 /* make sure arch timer is started by setting bit 0 of CNTCR */
100 iowrite32(1, base + CNTCR);
101 }
Regards,
Biju
> void __iomem *base;
> u32 freq;
>
> @@ -101,6 +107,7 @@ void __init rcar_gen2_timer_init(void)
> }
>
> iounmap(base);
> +#endif /* #if !defined(CONFIG_ARM_PSCI) */
>
> of_clk_init(NULL);
> timer_probe();
> --
> 2.7.4