[PATCHv4] powerpc/timer - large decrementer support

Denis Kirjanov kirjanov at gmail.com
Thu Jun 23 18:02:01 AEST 2016


On 6/23/16, Oliver O'Halloran <oohall at gmail.com> wrote:
> Power ISAv3 adds a large decrementer (LD) mode which increases the size
> of the decrementer register. The size of the enlarged decrementer
> register is between 32 and 64 bits with the exact size being dependent
> on the implementation. When in LD mode, reads are sign extended to 64
> bits and a decrementer exception is raised when the high bit is set (i.e
> the value goes below zero). Writes however are truncated to the physical
> register width so some care needs to be taken to ensure that the high
> bit is not set when reloading the decrementer. This patch adds support
> for using the LD inside the host kernel on processors that support it.
>
> When LD mode is supported firmware will supply the ibm,dec-bits property
> for CPU nodes to allow the kernel to determine the maximum decrementer
> value. Enabling LD mode is a hypervisor privileged operation so the
> kernel can only enable it manually when running in hypervisor mode.
> Guest kernels that support LD mode can request it using the
> "ibm,client-architecture-support" firmware call or some other platform
> specific method. If this property is not supplied then the traditional
> decrementer width of 32 bit is assumed and LD mode will not be enabled.
>
> This patch was based on initial work by Jack Miller.
>
> Signed-off-by: Oliver O'Halloran <oohall at gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Balbir Singh <bsingharora at gmail.com>
> Cc: Michael Neuling <mikey at neuling.org>
> Cc: Jack Miller <jack at codezen.org>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h  |   1 +
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/time.h |   6 +--
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c      | 102
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  3 files changed, 98 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
> index a0948f40bc7b..12d970d64bb3 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
> @@ -332,6 +332,7 @@
>  #define   LPCR_AIL_0	0x00000000	/* MMU off exception offset 0x0 */
>  #define   LPCR_AIL_3	0x01800000	/* MMU on exception offset 0xc00...4xxx */
>  #define   LPCR_ONL	0x00040000	/* online - PURR/SPURR count */
> +#define   LPCR_LD	0x00020000	/* large decremeter */
>  #define   LPCR_PECE	0x0001f000	/* powersave exit cause enable */
>  #define     LPCR_PECEDP	0x00010000	/* directed priv dbells cause exit */
>  #define     LPCR_PECEDH	0x00008000	/* directed hyp dbells cause exit */
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/time.h
> b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/time.h
> index 1092fdd7e737..09211640a0e0 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/time.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/time.h
> @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static inline void set_tb(unsigned int upper, unsigned
> int lower)
>   * in auto-reload mode.  The problem is PIT stops counting when it
>   * hits zero.  If it would wrap, we could use it just like a decrementer.
>   */
> -static inline unsigned int get_dec(void)
> +static inline u64 get_dec(void)
>  {
>  #if defined(CONFIG_40x)
>  	return (mfspr(SPRN_PIT));
> @@ -160,10 +160,10 @@ static inline unsigned int get_dec(void)
>   * in when the decrementer generates its interrupt: on the 1 to 0
>   * transition for Book E/4xx, but on the 0 to -1 transition for others.
>   */
> -static inline void set_dec(int val)
> +static inline void set_dec(u64 val)
>  {
>  #if defined(CONFIG_40x)
> -	mtspr(SPRN_PIT, val);
> +	mtspr(SPRN_PIT, (u32) val);
>  #else
>  #ifndef CONFIG_BOOKE
>  	--val;
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
> index 7a482a7f4d8d..aa6d399d939b 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
> @@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ static struct clocksource clocksource_timebase = {
>  	.read         = timebase_read,
>  };
>
> -#define DECREMENTER_MAX	0x7fffffff
> +#define DECREMENTER_DEFAULT_MAX 0x7FFFFFFF
> +u64 decrementer_max = DECREMENTER_DEFAULT_MAX;
>
>  static int decrementer_set_next_event(unsigned long evt,
>  				      struct clock_event_device *dev);
> @@ -505,8 +506,8 @@ static void __timer_interrupt(void)
>  		__this_cpu_inc(irq_stat.timer_irqs_event);
>  	} else {
>  		now = *next_tb - now;
> -		if (now <= DECREMENTER_MAX)
> -			set_dec((int)now);
> +		if (now <= decrementer_max)
> +			set_dec(now);
>  		/* We may have raced with new irq work */
>  		if (test_irq_work_pending())
>  			set_dec(1);
> @@ -536,7 +537,7 @@ void timer_interrupt(struct pt_regs * regs)
>  	/* Ensure a positive value is written to the decrementer, or else
>  	 * some CPUs will continue to take decrementer exceptions.
>  	 */
> -	set_dec(DECREMENTER_MAX);
> +	set_dec(decrementer_max);
>
>  	/* Some implementations of hotplug will get timer interrupts while
>  	 * offline, just ignore these and we also need to set
> @@ -584,9 +585,9 @@ static void generic_suspend_disable_irqs(void)
>  	 * with suspending.
>  	 */
>
> -	set_dec(DECREMENTER_MAX);
> +	set_dec(decrementer_max);
>  	local_irq_disable();
> -	set_dec(DECREMENTER_MAX);
> +	set_dec(decrementer_max);
>  }
>
>  static void generic_suspend_enable_irqs(void)
> @@ -867,7 +868,7 @@ static int decrementer_set_next_event(unsigned long evt,
>
>  static int decrementer_shutdown(struct clock_event_device *dev)
>  {
> -	decrementer_set_next_event(DECREMENTER_MAX, dev);
> +	decrementer_set_next_event(decrementer_max, dev);
>  	return 0;
>  }
>
> @@ -893,6 +894,84 @@ static void register_decrementer_clockevent(int cpu)
>  	clockevents_register_device(dec);
>  }
>
> +static inline void check_large_decrementer(void)
> +{
> +	u64 readback;
> +
> +	mtspr(SPRN_DEC, decrementer_max);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * The decrementer's down counting will change the low bits. ORing with
> +	 * the default max ensure they are set.
> +	 */
> +	readback = mfspr(SPRN_DEC) | DECREMENTER_DEFAULT_MAX;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * If we fail a readback test we need to reset decrementer_max to the
> +	 * 32 bit maximum. If the CPU has the LD disabled for whatever reason
> +	 * leaving it at a larger value would cause us to write into the high
> +	 * bit when handling decrementer exceptions, triggering another.
> +	 */
> +
> +	pr_warn("time_init: readback got %llx, dec_max: %llx\n", readback,
> decrementer_max);
> +
> +	if (readback != decrementer_max) {
> +		decrementer_max = DECREMENTER_DEFAULT_MAX;
> +
> +		pr_warn("time_init: large decrementer readback test failed on CPU %d,
> truncating to 32 bits\n",
> +			smp_processor_id());
> +	}
> +}
> +
> +static void enable_large_decrementer(void)
> +{
> +	if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_300))
> +		return;
> +
> +	if (decrementer_max <= DECREMENTER_DEFAULT_MAX)
> +		return;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * If we're running as the hypervisor we need to enable the LD manually
> +	 * otherwise firmware should have done it for us.
> +	 */
> +	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_HVMODE))
> +		mtspr(SPRN_LPCR, mfspr(SPRN_LPCR) | LPCR_LD);
> +
> +	check_large_decrementer();
> +}
> +
> +static void __init set_decrementer_max(void)
> +{
> +	struct device_node *cpu;
> +	const __be32 *fp;
> +	u64 bits = 32;
> +
> +	/* Prior to ISAv3 the decrementer is always 32 bit */
> +	if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_300))
> +		return;
> +
> +	cpu = of_find_node_by_type(NULL, "cpu");
> +	if (cpu)
> +		fp = of_get_property(cpu, "ibm,dec-bits", NULL);
> +
> +	if (cpu && fp) {
> +		bits = of_read_number(fp, 1);
> +
> +		if (bits > 64 || bits < 32) {
> +			pr_warn("time_init: firmware supplied invalid ibm,dec-bits");
> +			bits = 32;
> +		}
> +
> +
> +		/* calculate the signed maximum given this many bits */
> +		decrementer_max = (1ul << (bits - 1)) - 1;
> +	}
> +
> +	pr_info("time_init: %llu bit decrementer (max: %llx)\n",
> +		bits, decrementer_max);
> +}
the call to of_node_put(cpu) is missing in the function.

> +
>  static void __init init_decrementer_clockevent(void)
>  {
>  	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
> @@ -900,7 +979,7 @@ static void __init init_decrementer_clockevent(void)
>  	clockevents_calc_mult_shift(&decrementer_clockevent, ppc_tb_freq, 4);
>
>  	decrementer_clockevent.max_delta_ns =
> -		clockevent_delta2ns(DECREMENTER_MAX, &decrementer_clockevent);
> +		clockevent_delta2ns(decrementer_max, &decrementer_clockevent);
>  	decrementer_clockevent.min_delta_ns =
>  		clockevent_delta2ns(2, &decrementer_clockevent);
>
> @@ -909,6 +988,9 @@ static void __init init_decrementer_clockevent(void)
>
>  void secondary_cpu_time_init(void)
>  {
> +	/* Enable and test the large decrementer for this cpu */
> +	enable_large_decrementer();
> +
>  	/* Start the decrementer on CPUs that have manual control
>  	 * such as BookE
>  	 */
> @@ -974,6 +1056,10 @@ void __init time_init(void)
>  	vdso_data->tb_update_count = 0;
>  	vdso_data->tb_ticks_per_sec = tb_ticks_per_sec;
>
> +	/* initialise and enable the large decrementer (if we have one) */
> +	set_decrementer_max();
> +	enable_large_decrementer();
> +
>  	/* Start the decrementer on CPUs that have manual control
>  	 * such as BookE
>  	 */
> --
> 2.5.5
>
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Denis


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