On Wed, Apr 05, 2017 at 07:38:09PM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> I tried to fix the issue that Lornzo raised, such that I could queue
> these patches. From looking at this patch in more detail however, I
> think there are further issues that need to be addressed.
Looking again, I see that I was mistaken w.r.t. the multi GT block case.
> > +int __init acpi_arch_timer_mem_init(struct arch_timer_mem *timer_mem,
> > + int *timer_count)
> > +{
> > + int ret;
> > + void *platform_timer;
> > +
> > + *timer_count = 0;
> > + for_each_platform_timer(platform_timer) {
> > + if (is_timer_block(platform_timer)) {
> > + ret = gtdt_parse_timer_block(platform_timer, timer_mem);
> > + if (ret)
> > + return ret;
> > + timer_mem++;
> > + (*timer_count)++;
> > + }
> > + }
>
> If we were to have multiple GT blocks, this would leave timer_mem in an
> inconsistent state. In gtdt_parse_timer_block we'll blat any existing
> timer_mem->cntctlbase, and blat some arbitrary set of frames. however,
> *some* frames may have been held over from a previous iteration.
This is not the case; I had somehow missed the timer_mem++.
Sorry for the noise.
Thanks,
Mark.
