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SubjectRE: [PATCH v6 2/2] clocksource: Add Intel Keem Bay timer support
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Hi Thomas,
Could you please help with the query addressed below regarding multiple timers?


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sanil, Shruthi
> Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2021 10:59 PM
> To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>; daniel.lezcano@linaro.org;
> robh+dt@kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org;
> devicetree@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com; kris.pan@linux.intel.com;
> mgross@linux.intel.com; Thokala, Srikanth <srikanth.thokala@intel.com>;
> Raja Subramanian, Lakshmi Bai <lakshmi.bai.raja.subramanian@intel.com>;
> Sangannavar, Mallikarjunappa <mallikarjunappa.sangannavar@intel.com>
> Subject: RE: [PATCH v6 2/2] clocksource: Add Intel Keem Bay timer support
>
> Hi Thomas
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sanil, Shruthi
> > Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2021 4:12 PM
> > To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>; daniel.lezcano@linaro.org;
> > robh+dt@kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org;
> > devicetree@vger.kernel.org
> > Cc: andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com; kris.pan@linux.intel.com;
> > mgross@linux.intel.com; Thokala, Srikanth
> > <srikanth.thokala@intel.com>; Raja Subramanian, Lakshmi Bai
> > <lakshmi.bai.raja.subramanian@intel.com>;
> > Sangannavar, Mallikarjunappa <mallikarjunappa.sangannavar@intel.com>
> > Subject: RE: [PATCH v6 2/2] clocksource: Add Intel Keem Bay timer
> > support
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> > > Sent: Monday, September 27, 2021 3:11 AM
> > > To: Sanil, Shruthi <shruthi.sanil@intel.com>;
> > > daniel.lezcano@linaro.org;
> > > robh+dt@kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org;
> > > devicetree@vger.kernel.org
> > > Cc: andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com; kris.pan@linux.intel.com;
> > > mgross@linux.intel.com; Thokala, Srikanth
> > > <srikanth.thokala@intel.com>; Raja Subramanian, Lakshmi Bai
> > > <lakshmi.bai.raja.subramanian@intel.com>;
> > > Sangannavar, Mallikarjunappa
> > > <mallikarjunappa.sangannavar@intel.com>;
> > > Sanil, Shruthi <shruthi.sanil@intel.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] clocksource: Add Intel Keem Bay timer
> > > support
> > >
> > > On Tue, Sep 07 2021 at 00:06, shruthi sanil wrote:
> > > > +
> > > > +/* Provides a unique ID for each timer */ static
> > > > +DEFINE_IDA(keembay_timer_ida);
> > >
> > > > +
> > > > + timer_id = ida_alloc(&keembay_timer_ida, GFP_KERNEL);
> > > > + if (timer_id < 0) {
> > > > + ret = timer_id;
> > > > + goto err_keembay_ce_to_free;
> > > > + }
> > >
> > > May I ask what the purpose of the IDA, which is backed by a full
> > > blown xarray, is here?
> > >
> > > AFAICT all you want is a unique number for the timer name for up to
> > > 8 timers.
> > >
> > > > + timer_name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "keembay_timer%d",
> > > timer_id);
> > >
> > > So what's wrong about:
> > >
> > > static unsigned int keembay_timer_id;
> > >
> > > timer_name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "keembay_timer%d",
> > > keembay_timer_id++);
> > >
> > > Hmm?
> >
> > Yes, we had initially implemented it in the similar way, but in the
> > course of review it got changed to use IDA.
> >
> > >
> > > > +
> > > > + clockevents_config_and_register(&keembay_ce_to->clkevt,
> > > > + timer_of_rate(keembay_ce_to),
> > > > + 1,
> > > > + U32_MAX);
> > >
> > > Aside of that what's the point of registering more than one of those
> > > timers as clock event? The core will only use one and the rest is
> > > just going to use memory for no value.
> >
> > Instead of
> > keembay_ce_to->clkevt.cpumask = cpumask_of(0); can I update it as
> > keembay_ce_to->clkevt.cpumask = cpu_possible_mask; so that each timer
> > would be associated with different cores?
> >
>
> Could you please help me with the above query?
>
> Thanks,
> Shruthi
>
> > Thanks,
> > Shruthi
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > tglx

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