[U-Boot] [PATCH v6 1/2] x86: Add TSC-specific timer functions

Ivan Gorinov ivan.gorinov at intel.com
Mon Apr 23 23:56:16 UTC 2018


Hi Bin,

On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 01:38:05AM -0600, Bin Meng wrote:
> > Coreboot timestamp functions and Quark memory reference code use
> > get_tbclk() to get TSC frequency. This will not work if another
> > early timer is selected.
> 
> Thanks for working on this. But get_tbclk() is one API provided by the
> timer library. The get_tbclk_mhz() is something that is implemented by
> the TSC timer driver, so can we get rid of the get_tbclk_mhz() and use
> the get_tbclk() instead in coreboot/timestamp.c and quark/mrc_util.c?

The Coreboot timestamp code and Quark MRC specifically use rdtsc().
We can replace it with timer_early_get_count() or provide a function
to get the TSC frequency even when another early timer is selected.

> > Add tsc_rate_mhz() function and use it in the code that specifically
> > needs to get TSC rate regardless of currently selected early timer.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ivan Gorinov <ivan.gorinov at intel.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/cpu/coreboot/timestamp.c |  2 +-
> >  arch/x86/cpu/quark/mrc_util.c     | 13 ++++++-------
> >  arch/x86/include/asm/u-boot-x86.h |  2 +-
> >  drivers/timer/tsc_timer.c         | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
> >  4 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/coreboot/timestamp.c b/arch/x86/cpu/coreboot/timestamp.c
> > index b382795..05bb214 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/cpu/coreboot/timestamp.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/cpu/coreboot/timestamp.c
> > @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ int timestamp_add_to_bootstage(void)
> >                 if (name) {
> >                         bootstage_add_record(0, name, BOOTSTAGEF_ALLOC,
> >                                              tse->entry_stamp /
> > -                                                       get_tbclk_mhz());
> > +                                                       tsc_rate_mhz());
> >                 }
> >         }
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/quark/mrc_util.c b/arch/x86/cpu/quark/mrc_util.c
> > index fac2d72..4794395 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/cpu/quark/mrc_util.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/cpu/quark/mrc_util.c
> > @@ -57,19 +57,18 @@ void mrc_post_code(uint8_t major, uint8_t minor)
> >  void delay_n(uint32_t ns)
> >  {
> >         /* 1000 MHz clock has 1ns period --> no conversion required */
> > -       uint64_t final_tsc = rdtsc();
> > +       uint64_t start_tsc = rdtsc();
> > +       uint64_t ticks;
> >
> > -       final_tsc += ((get_tbclk_mhz() * ns) / 1000);
> > -
> > -       while (rdtsc() < final_tsc)
> > -               ;
> > +       ticks = (tsc_rate_mhz() * ns) / 1000;
> > +       while (rdtsc() - start_tsc < ticks);
> >  }
> >
> >  /* Delay number of microseconds */
> > -void delay_u(uint32_t ms)
> > +void delay_u(uint32_t us)
> >  {
> >         /* 64-bit math is not an option, just use loops */
> > -       while (ms--)
> > +       while (us--)
> >                 delay_n(1000);
> >  }
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/u-boot-x86.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/u-boot-x86.h
> > index 187fe5f..de68120 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/u-boot-x86.h
> > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/u-boot-x86.h
> > @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ int cleanup_before_linux(void);
> >  void timer_isr(void *);
> >  typedef void (timer_fnc_t) (void);
> >  int register_timer_isr (timer_fnc_t *isr_func);
> > -unsigned long get_tbclk_mhz(void);
> > +unsigned long tsc_rate_mhz(void);
> >  void timer_set_base(uint64_t base);
> >  int i8254_init(void);
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/timer/tsc_timer.c b/drivers/timer/tsc_timer.c
> > index 9296de6..98cbf12 100644
> > --- a/drivers/timer/tsc_timer.c
> > +++ b/drivers/timer/tsc_timer.c
> > @@ -277,15 +277,12 @@ success:
> >         return delta / 1000;
> >  }
> >
> > -/* Get the speed of the TSC timer in MHz */
> > -unsigned notrace long get_tbclk_mhz(void)
> > -{
> > -       return get_tbclk() / 1000000;
> > -}
> > -
> >  static ulong get_ms_timer(void)
> >  {
> > -       return (get_ticks() * 1000) / get_tbclk();
> > +       if (gd->arch.clock_rate == 0)
> > +               return 0;
> > +
> > +       return (rdtsc() * 1000) / gd->arch.clock_rate;
> >  }
> >
> >  ulong get_timer(ulong base)
> > @@ -295,7 +292,10 @@ ulong get_timer(ulong base)
> >
> >  ulong notrace timer_get_us(void)
> >  {
> > -       return get_ticks() / get_tbclk_mhz();
> > +       if (gd->arch.clock_rate == 0)
> > +               return 0;
> > +
> > +       return (rdtsc() * 1000000) / gd->arch.clock_rate;
> >  }
> >
> >  ulong timer_get_boot_us(void)
> > @@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ void __udelay(unsigned long usec)
> >         u64 now = get_ticks();
> >         u64 stop;
> >
> > -       stop = now + usec * get_tbclk_mhz();
> > +       stop = now + ((u64)usec * gd->arch.clock_rate) / 1000000;
> >
> >         while ((int64_t)(stop - get_ticks()) > 0)
> >  #if defined(CONFIG_QEMU) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
> > @@ -355,6 +355,14 @@ static void tsc_timer_ensure_setup(void)
> >         }
> >  }
> >
> > +/* Get the speed of the TSC timer in MHz */
> > +unsigned notrace long tsc_rate_mhz(void)
> > +{
> > +       tsc_timer_ensure_setup();
> > +
> > +       return gd->arch.clock_rate / 1000000;
> > +}
> > +
> >  static int tsc_timer_probe(struct udevice *dev)
> >  {
> >         struct timer_dev_priv *uc_priv = dev_get_uclass_priv(dev);
> > @@ -365,6 +373,13 @@ static int tsc_timer_probe(struct udevice *dev)
> >         return 0;
> >  }
> >
> > +int timer_init(void)
> > +{
> > +       tsc_timer_ensure_setup();
> > +
> > +       return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> >  unsigned long notrace timer_early_get_rate(void)
> >  {
> >         tsc_timer_ensure_setup();
> > --


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