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SubjectRe: [PATCH 00/17] clocksource/arch_timer: Errara workaround infrastructure rework
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Hi Marc,

On 2017/3/6 19:26, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> It has recently become obvious that a number of arm64 systems have
> been blessed with a set of timers that are slightly less than perfect,
> and require a bit of hand-holding. We already have a bunch of
> errata-specific code to deal with this, but as we're adding more
> potential detection methods (DT, ACPI, capability), things are getting
> a bit out of hands.
>
> Instead of adding more ad-hoc fixes to an already difficult code base,
> let's give ourselves a bit of an infrastructure that can deal with
> this and hide most of the uggliness behind frendly accessors.
>
> The series is structured as such:
>
> - The first half of the series rework the existing workarounds,
> allowing errata to be matched using a given detection method
>
> - Another patch allows a workaround to affect a subset of the CPUs,
> and not the whole system
>
> - Another set of patches allow the virtual counter to be trapped when
> accessed from userspace (something that affects the current set of
> broken platform, and that is not worked around yet)
>
> - We then work around a Cortex-A73 erratum, whose counter can return a
> wrong value if read while crossing a 32bit boundary
>
> - Finally, we add some ACPI-specific workarounds for HiSilicon
> platforms that have the HISILICON_ERRATUM_161010101 defect.

Thanks for doing this, I tested this patch set on D03, and it boots
OK with log:

[ 0.000000] arm_arch_timer: Enabling global workaround for HiSilicon
erratum 161010101
[ 0.000000] arm_arch_timer: CPU0: Trapping CNTVCT access
[ 0.000000] arm_arch_timer: Architected cp15 timer(s) running at
50.00MHz (phys).

With patches other than Cortex-A73 erratum,

Tested-by: Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@linaro.org>

Thanks
Hanjun

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