[PATCH] clocksource/drivers/timer-sun4i: Advertise a real minimum delta
From: Felix Yan
Date: Wed Jun 24 2026 - 18:05:18 EST
sun4i_clkevt_next_event() compensates for the timer stop/start
synchronization delay by programming evt - TIMER_SYNC_TICKS into the
hardware interval register. The clockevent device currently advertises
TIMER_SYNC_TICKS as min_delta_ticks, so the clockevents core is allowed
to call set_next_event() with evt == TIMER_SYNC_TICKS.
That programs a zero-tick interval. With oneshot/highres/nohz timer
operation this can leave the next event stuck, which was observed as a
boot hang on Allwinner D1 after the clockevents core started reusing
forced minimum-delta events.
Advertise one extra tick instead, so the smallest event accepted by the
core still programs at least one hardware tick after the synchronization
compensation.
Fixes: 12e1480bcb49 ("clocksource: sun4i: Report the minimum tick that we can program")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reported-by: Indrek Kruusa <indrek.kruusa@xxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/CA+fTLhgLmTY+exGujKf8OYYQvcEW5X5NJ_5sLq2AYL6zER2c0A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.5
Signed-off-by: Felix Yan <felixonmars@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/clocksource/timer-sun4i.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-sun4i.c b/drivers/clocksource/timer-sun4i.c
index 7bdcc60ad43c..c2d04ab7cf2d 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-sun4i.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-sun4i.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static int __init sun4i_timer_init(struct device_node *node)
sun4i_timer_clear_interrupt(timer_of_base(&to));
clockevents_config_and_register(&to.clkevt, timer_of_rate(&to),
- TIMER_SYNC_TICKS, 0xffffffff);
+ TIMER_SYNC_TICKS + 1, 0xffffffff);
/* Enable timer0 interrupt */
val = readl(timer_of_base(&to) + TIMER_IRQ_EN_REG);
--
2.54.0