On 10 November 2015 at 15:50, Ivan Khoronzhuk <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>
> On 10.11.15 16:43, Ola Liljedahl wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 10 November 2015 at 13:24, Ivan Khoronzhuk <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>     On 10.11.15 13:37, Ivan Khoronzhuk wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>         On 10.11.15 13:11, Maxim Uvarov wrote:
>>
>>             On 11/10/2015 14:01, Ivan Khoronzhuk wrote:
>>
>>                 If tick is lost then application should be warned about
>> this.
>>                 It means that actual timer resolution is worse than
>> expected.
>>                 The default timer resolution is set 10ms, that is equal
>> to jiffy
>>                 on most systems. The default resolution is set bearing in
>> mind
>>                 that on a CPU runs maximum two threads that ideally fits
>> in 10ms.
>>                 But user can change it to be smaller, in case if CPU0 is
>> isolated
>>                 and it handles only the timer ticks. This patch helps
>> user to set
>>                 correct timer resolution.
>>
>>                 Signed-off-by: Ivan Khoronzhuk <
>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>
>>                 ---
>>
>>                 Since v1:
>>                 - changed ODP_ABORT on ODP_ERR
>>
>>                 v1:
>>
>> https://lists.linaro.org/pipermail/lng-odp/2015-November/017026.html
>>
>>                    platform/linux-generic/odp_timer.c | 7 +++++++
>>                    1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>>
>>                 diff --git a/platform/linux-generic/odp_timer.c
>> b/platform/linux-generic/odp_timer.c
>>                 index e8f0267..aa80256 100644
>>                 --- a/platform/linux-generic/odp_timer.c
>>                 +++ b/platform/linux-generic/odp_timer.c
>>                 @@ -632,7 +632,14 @@ static unsigned
>> odp_timer_pool_expire(odp_timer_pool_t tpid, uint64_t tick)
>>                    static void timer_notify(sigval_t sigval)
>>                    {
>>                 +    uint64_t overrun;
>>                        odp_timer_pool *tp = (odp_timer_pool
>> *)sigval.sival_ptr;
>>                 +
>>                 +    overrun = timer_getoverrun(tp->timerid);
>>
>>                 int timer_getoverrun(timer_t timerid);
>>
>>             Maxim.
>>
>>
>>         Yep. correct in v4
>>
>>
>>     I will include this patch in series with:
>>     "[lng-odp] [PATCH] example: timer: don't set timeout less than
>> resolution"
>>     as both of them allow to avoid issue described at:
>>     https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1449
>>
>>
>>
>>                 +    if (overrun)
>>                 +        ODP_ERR("Error: need to increase resolution,
>> lost tickets: %"
>>
>> tickets -> ticks
>> I would write: "Error: timer ticks lost, need to increase timer
>> resolution".
>>
>> What's the overrun parameter for?
>>
> I've sent version with corrected warn. Please look see new patch in series:
> "[lng-odp] [PATCH 0/3] add warnings to improve timer usage"
>
> overrun it's not lost, it's like late ticks....

OK I wasn't sure if timer ticks were lost or just late.
If they are just late, I think a warning should suffice.


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>
>
>> Better to print the name of the timer.
>>
>
> Maybe timer pool name better. The ticks are overrun for all timers in
> timer pool.
>
That's what I meant. Individual timers do not have names.


>
>
>>                 +            PRIu64"\n", overrun);
>>                 +
>>                    #ifdef __ARM_ARCH
>>                        odp_timer *array = &tp->timers[0];
>>                        uint32_t i;
>>
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>>     Ivan Khoronzhuk
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> --
> Regards,
> Ivan Khoronzhuk
>
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