[MIPS] Sibyte: Fix race in sb1250_gettimeoffset().
From Dave Johnson <djohnson+linuxmips@sw.starentnetworks.com>:
sb1250_gettimeoffset() simply reads the current cpu 0 timer remaining
value, however once this counter reaches 0 and the interrupt is raised,
it immediately resets and begins to count down again.
If sb1250_gettimeoffset() is called on cpu 1 via do_gettimeofday() after
the timer has reset but prior to cpu 0 processing the interrupt and
taking write_seqlock() in timer_interrupt() it will return a full value
(or close to it) causing time to jump backwards 1ms. Once cpu 0 handles
the interrupt and timer_interrupt() gets far enough along it will jump
forward 1ms.
Fix this problem by implementing mips_hpt_*() on sb1250 using a spare
timer unrelated to the existing periodic interrupt timers. It runs at
1Mhz with a full 23bit counter. This eliminated the custom
do_gettimeoffset() for sb1250 and allowed use of the generic
fixed_rate_gettimeoffset() using mips_hpt_*() and timerhi/timerlo.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
diff --git a/arch/mips/sibyte/swarm/setup.c b/arch/mips/sibyte/swarm/setup.c
index b614ca0..b661d24 100644
--- a/arch/mips/sibyte/swarm/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/sibyte/swarm/setup.c
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@
return "SiByte " SIBYTE_BOARD_NAME;
}
+void __init swarm_time_init(void)
+{
+ /* Setup HPT */
+ sb1250_hpt_setup();
+}
+
void __init swarm_timer_setup(struct irqaction *irq)
{
/*
@@ -109,6 +115,7 @@
panic_timeout = 5; /* For debug. */
+ board_time_init = swarm_time_init;
board_timer_setup = swarm_timer_setup;
board_be_handler = swarm_be_handler;