Re: [PATCH] clocksource: timer-sp804: Fix read_current_timer() issue when clock source is not registered
From: stephen eta zhou
Date: Fri Mar 07 2025 - 21:33:06 EST
> In case you actually consider applying this - some of the patches or
> their descriptions were generated by sort of AI tools, thus approach
> with caution.
> It was already pointed out that patches might be a garbage output of AI.
> Also they were not tested, even though what is claimed here "debugging
> on ...".
Hi Krzysztof
I want to point out that this code was debugged by me personally, and I can provide a complete debugging record.
I want to point out that the reason why my answers to some of the previous patches are a bit AI-like is because I am a bit reserved about submitting code to the kernel community, and I am worried that some answers may not be friendly, so I used AI to polish some of my answers.
But I must point out that this is the result of my own debugging and the solution I came up with after careful consideration.
Thanks
Stephen
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From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 7, 2025 19:17
To: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@xxxxxxxxxx>; stephen eta zhou <stephen.eta.zhou@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] clocksource: timer-sp804: Fix read_current_timer() issue when clock source is not registered
On 07/03/2025 09:10, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
>
> Hi Stephen,
>
> thanks for the proposed fix
>
> On 21/02/2025 04:46, stephen eta zhou wrote:
>> Hi daniel
>>
>> While debugging on the vexpress-v2p-ca9 platform, I discovered that the read_current_timer API wasn't functioning correctly. The issue was that the SP804 driver lacked ARM32 support and did not register read_current_timer. To add ARM32 compatibility, I’ve submitted this patch. Without it, using SP804 as the timer on ARM32 causes issues with boot_init_stack_canary when inserting the canary value into the interrupt stack, and also affects entropy generation and collection, resulting in incorrect rdseed values.
>
> It is better to put that information in the changelog and provide a
> fixed format of the patch description.
Daniel,
In case you actually consider applying this - some of the patches or
their descriptions were generated by sort of AI tools, thus approach
with caution.
It was already pointed out that patches might be a garbage output of AI.
Also they were not tested, even though what is claimed here "debugging
on ...".
Best regards,
Krzysztof