ARM: 7444/1: kernel: add arch-timer C3STOP feature
authorLorenzo Pieralisi <Lorenzo.Pieralisi@arm.com>
Fri, 6 Jul 2012 10:06:49 +0000 (11:06 +0100)
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Mon, 9 Jul 2012 16:41:09 +0000 (17:41 +0100)
When a CPU is shutdown its architected timer comparators registers are
lost. Within CPU idle, before processors enter shutdown they enter
clock events broadcast mode through the

clockevents_notify(CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_BROADCAST_ENTER, cpuid);

function where the local timers are emulated by a global always-on timer.
On CPU resume, the per-CPU tick device normal mode is restored by exiting
broadcast mode through

clockevents_notify(CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_BROADCAST_EXIT, cpuid);

In order for this mechanism to function, architected timers should add to
their feature C3STOP, which means that they are not able to function when the
CPU is in off-mode.

Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
arch/arm/kernel/arch_timer.c

index dd58035..df44c8c 100644 (file)
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static int __cpuinit arch_timer_setup(struct clock_event_device *clk)
        /* Be safe... */
        arch_timer_disable();
 
-       clk->features = CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_ONESHOT;
+       clk->features = CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_ONESHOT | CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_C3STOP;
        clk->name = "arch_sys_timer";
        clk->rating = 450;
        clk->set_mode = arch_timer_set_mode;