Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758514Ab3HIRsQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Aug 2013 13:48:16 -0400 Received: from mail-db9lp0249.outbound.messaging.microsoft.com ([213.199.154.249]:43480 "EHLO db9outboundpool.messaging.microsoft.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758469Ab3HIRsP convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Aug 2013 13:48:15 -0400 X-Forefront-Antispam-Report: CIP:149.199.60.83;KIP:(null);UIP:(null);IPV:NLI;H:xsj-gw1;RD:unknown-60-83.xilinx.com;EFVD:NLI X-SpamScore: -1 X-BigFish: VPS-1(zz98dIc89bh1432Izz1f42h208ch1ee6h1de0h1fdah2073h1202h1e76h1d1ah1d2ah1fc6hzzz2fh95h668h839h93fhd24hf0ah119dh1288h12a5h12a9h12bdh137ah13b6h1441h14ddh1504h1537h153bh162dh1631h1758h18e1h1946h19b5h1b0ah1d0ch1d2eh1d3fh1dfeh1dffh1e1dh1fe8h906i1155h192ch) Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 10:48:05 -0700 From: =?utf-8?B?U8O2cmVu?= Brinkmann To: Stephen Boyd CC: Daniel Lezcano , , Russell King , Michal Simek , , Stuart Menefy , John Stultz , Thomas Gleixner , Subject: Re: Enable arm_global_timer for Zynq brakes boot References: <15e19315-ce88-4d3c-bad9-0a37d9e52f6b@CO1EHSMHS007.ehs.local> <51F99747.4060901@linaro.org> <51FA9AE8.1060004@linaro.org> <1c83c081-60c6-49e3-a85c-f64dd5be0e60@CH1EHSMHS030.ehs.local> <51FA9F54.3060704@linaro.org> <5204C54A.9020105@st.com> <5204FA5D.3060908@linaro.org> <20130809172757.GD14845@codeaurora.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130809172757.GD14845@codeaurora.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-RCIS-Action: ALLOW Message-ID: <3a4049f6-aad6-4730-86e3-210afbc3836b@DB9EHSMHS028.ehs.local> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-OriginatorOrg: xilinx.com X-FOPE-CONNECTOR: Id%0$Dn%*$RO%0$TLS%0$FQDN%$TlsDn% Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1246 Lines: 29 On Fri, Aug 09, 2013 at 10:27:57AM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote: > On 08/09, Daniel Lezcano wrote: > > > > yes, but at least the broadcast mechanism should send an IPI to cpu0 to > > wake it up, no ? As Stephen stated this kind of configuration should has > > never been tested before so the tick broadcast code is not handling this > > case properly IMHO. > > > > If you have a per-cpu tick device that isn't suffering from > FEAT_C3_STOP why wouldn't you use that for the tick versus a > per-cpu tick device that has FEAT_C3_STOP? It sounds like there > is a bug in the preference logic or you should boost the rating > of the arm global timer above the twd. Does this patch help? It > should make the arm global timer the tick device and whatever the > cadence timer you have into the broadcast device. I'm not sure I'm getting this right. But neither the cadence_ttc nor the arm_global_timer have the FEAT_C3_STOP flag set. So, shouldn't they be treated equally even with your change? Sören -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/