From: Fu Wei <fu.wei@linaro.org>
To: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>, Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>
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Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 5/8] clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Simplify ACPI support code.
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2016 18:21:22 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADyBb7tWP=_zu+Pu0UC1E6u+yAgH06peh8rt3hS6-O42K3kPNQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADyBb7v-b1bKGBdH6J78UhfCcQd=BJLFoZ16GNgmrd2EucjYDA@mail.gmail.com>
Hi Mark, Marc,
Sorry for missing you in the cc list
Do you have any suggestion for the arm_arch_timer patches?
Could you help me to review these patches ?
Great thanks !
On 13 September 2016 at 17:22, Fu Wei <fu.wei@linaro.org> wrote:
> Hi Thomas, Daniel,
>
> For these arm_arch_timer patches, do you have any other suggestion or comment?
> I have deleted "skipping" in the error message.
>
> I have prepared v12 (rebase to rc6 and on the top of IORT v11),
> should I send it now (if you are OK with my arm_arch_timer patches ),
> or anything I can do to improve this patchset ?
>
> Thanks.
>
> On 7 September 2016 at 17:23, Fu Wei <fu.wei@linaro.org> wrote:
>> Hi Thomas
>>
>> On 6 September 2016 at 22:36, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 6 Sep 2016, fu.wei@linaro.org wrote:
>>>> + if (timer_count < 0)
>>>> + pr_err("Failed to get platform timer info, skipping.\n");
>>>
>>> So this prints something about skipping. But then it continues as if
>>> nothing went wrong. That's either wrong or confusing or both.
>>
>> yes, you are right, this info is confusing.
>> maybe we just delete the "skipping" ?
>>
>> “timer_count < 0” is caused by some firmware bug, in gtdt.c:
>> ----
>> int __init acpi_gtdt_init(struct acpi_table_header *table)
>> {
>> ......
>> if (start < (void *)table + sizeof(struct acpi_table_gtdt)) {
>> pr_err(FW_BUG "Failed to retrieve timer info from firmware:
>> invalid data.\n");
>> return -EINVAL;
>> ......
>> }
>> ----
>>
>> But in this situation( without platform timers ), system still can work.
>> So I thing we just need to print a error.
>>
>>>
>>>> - arch_timer_init();
>>>> - return 0;
>>>> + return arch_timer_init();
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> tglx
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Fu Wei
>> Software Engineer
>> Red Hat
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
>
> Fu Wei
> Software Engineer
> Red Hat
--
Best regards,
Fu Wei
Software Engineer
Red Hat
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-09-13 10:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-09-06 13:25 [PATCH v11 0/8] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT support in arm_arch_timer fu.wei
2016-09-06 13:25 ` [PATCH v11 1/8] clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Move enums and defines to header file fu.wei
2016-09-06 13:25 ` [PATCH v11 2/8] clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Add a new enum for spi type fu.wei
2016-09-06 13:25 ` [PATCH v11 3/8] clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Improve printk relevant code fu.wei
2016-09-06 13:25 ` [PATCH v11 4/8] acpi/arm64: Add GTDT table parse driver fu.wei
2016-09-06 13:25 ` [PATCH v11 5/8] clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Simplify ACPI support code fu.wei
2016-09-06 14:36 ` Thomas Gleixner
2016-09-07 9:23 ` Fu Wei
2016-09-13 9:22 ` Fu Wei
2016-09-13 10:21 ` Fu Wei [this message]
2016-09-13 11:38 ` Timur Tabi
2016-09-13 11:51 ` Fu Wei
2016-09-06 13:25 ` [PATCH v11 6/8] acpi/arm64: Add memory-mapped timer support in GTDT driver fu.wei
2016-09-06 13:25 ` [PATCH v11 7/8] clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Add GTDT support for memory-mapped timer fu.wei
2016-09-13 10:49 ` Marc Zyngier
2016-09-06 13:25 ` [PATCH v11 8/8] acpi/arm64: Add SBSA Generic Watchdog support in GTDT driver fu.wei
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