Currently the broadcast mechanism used for timers is abstracted by aAs mentioned in earlier patch, CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
function pointer on struct clock_event_device. As the fundamental
mechanism for broadcast is architecture-specific, this ties each
clock_event_device driver to a single architecture, even where the
driver is otherwise generic.
This patch adds a standard path for the receipt of timer broadcasts, so
drivers and/or architecture backends need not manage redundant lists of
timers for the purpose of routing broadcast timer ticks.
Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/clockchips.h | 4 ++++
kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/clockchips.h b/include/linux/clockchips.h
index 8a7096f..e1089aa 100644
--- a/include/linux/clockchips.h
+++ b/include/linux/clockchips.h
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@ clockevents_calc_mult_shift(struct clock_event_device *ce, u32 freq, u32 minsec)
extern void clockevents_suspend(void);
extern void clockevents_resume(void);
+#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
+extern int tick_receive_broadcast(void);
+#endif
+