Re: [PATCH v16 05/15] clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: fix a bug in arch_timer_register about arch_timer_uses_ppi

From: Fu Wei
Date: Mon Nov 21 2016 - 02:32:30 EST


Hi Mark,

On 19 November 2016 at 02:52, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 09:48:58PM +0800, fu.wei@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> From: Fu Wei <fu.wei@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> The patch fix a potential bug about arch_timer_uses_ppi in
>> arch_timer_register.
>> On ARM64, we don't use ARCH_TIMER_PHYS_SECURE_PPI in Linux, so we will
>> just igorne it in init code.
>
> That's not currently the case. I assume you mean we will in later
> patches? If so, please make that clear in the commit message.
>
>> If arch_timer_uses_ppi is ARCH_TIMER_PHYS_NONSECURE_PPI, the orignal
>> code of arch_timer_uses_ppi may go wrong.
>
> How? What specifically happens?
>
> We don't currently assign ARCH_TIMER_PHYS_NONSECURE_PPI to
> arch_timer_uses_ppi, so I assume a later patch changes this. This change
> should be folded into said patch; it doesn't make sense in isolation.

yes, this patch is a preparation for the next which may set
arch_timer_use_ppi as ARCH_TIMER_PHYS_NONSECURE_PPI.
So you are right, I will merge this into the next and mention this
change in the commit message.

Great thanks

>
> Thanks,
> Mark.
>
>> Signed-off-by: Fu Wei <fu.wei@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
>> index dd1040d..6de164f 100644
>> --- a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
>> +++ b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
>> @@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ static int __init arch_timer_register(void)
>> case ARCH_TIMER_PHYS_NONSECURE_PPI:
>> err = request_percpu_irq(ppi, arch_timer_handler_phys,
>> "arch_timer", arch_timer_evt);
>> - if (!err && arch_timer_ppi[ARCH_TIMER_PHYS_NONSECURE_PPI]) {
>> + if (!err && arch_timer_has_nonsecure_ppi()) {
>> ppi = arch_timer_ppi[ARCH_TIMER_PHYS_NONSECURE_PPI];
>> err = request_percpu_irq(ppi, arch_timer_handler_phys,
>> "arch_timer", arch_timer_evt);
>> --
>> 2.7.4
>>



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Best regards,

Fu Wei
Software Engineer
Red Hat