Hi Pavel,
On 26/12/2018 16:45, Pavel Tatashin wrote:
> Allow printk time stamps/sched_clock() to be available from the early
> boot.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Tatashin <[email protected]>
> ---
> arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
> index 4b0e1231625c..28126facc4ed 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
> @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
> #include <linux/efi.h>
> #include <linux/psci.h>
> #include <linux/sched/task.h>
> +#include <linux/sched_clock.h>
> #include <linux/mm.h>
>
> #include <asm/acpi.h>
> @@ -279,8 +280,32 @@ arch_initcall(reserve_memblock_reserved_regions);
>
> u64 __cpu_logical_map[NR_CPUS] = { [0 ... NR_CPUS-1] = INVALID_HWID };
>
> +/*
> + * Get time stamps available early in boot, useful to identify boot time
> issues
> + * from the early boot.
> + */
> +static __init void sched_clock_early_init(void)
> +{
> + u64 (*read_time)(void) = arch_counter_get_cntvct;
> + u64 freq = arch_timer_get_cntfrq();
> +
> + /*
> + * The arm64 boot protocol mandates that CNTFRQ_EL0 reflects
> + * the timer frequency. To avoid breakage on misconfigured
> + * systems, do not register the early sched_clock if the
> + * programmed value if zero. Other random values will just
> + * result in random output.
> + */
> + if (!freq)
> + return;
> +
> + sched_clock_register(read_time, ARCH_TIMER_NBITS, freq);
> +}
> +
> void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
> {
> + sched_clock_early_init();
> +
> init_mm.start_code = (unsigned long) _text;
> init_mm.end_code = (unsigned long) _etext;
> init_mm.end_data = (unsigned long) _edata;
>
I still think this approach is flawed. You provide the kernel with a
potentially broken sched_clock that may jump back and forth until the
workaround kicks in. Nobody expects this.
Instead, I'd suggest you allow for a something other than local_clock()
to be used for the time stamping until a properly working sched_clock
gets registered.
This way, you'll only impact the timestamps when running on a broken system.
Thanks,
M.
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