[U-Boot] [PATCH v9 6/9] x86: slimbootloader: Set TSC information for tsc_timer
Andy Shevchenko
andy.shevchenko at gmail.com
Sat Aug 3 10:29:45 UTC 2019
On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 11:30 AM Park, Aiden <aiden.park at intel.com> wrote:
>
> Slim Bootloader already calibrated TSC and provides it to U-Boot.
> Therefore, U-Boot does not have to re-calibrate TSC.
> Configuring tsc_base and clock_rate makes x86 tsc_timer driver bypass
> TSC calibration and use the provided TSC frequency.
> - Get TSC frequency from performance info hob
> - Set tsc_base and clock_rate for tsc_timer driver
>
I'm not convinced with this approach (no tag from me), but I'm not
going to block it.
So, if Bin takes it. I'm fine.
> Signed-off-by: Aiden Park <aiden.park at intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn at gmail.com>
> ---
> Changes in v6:
> * Use EFI_GUID
> * Add more comments while setting tsc_base and clock_rate
> * Apply code-review comments
>
> Changes in v3:
> * Use HOB function from the common HOB library
>
> arch/x86/cpu/slimbootloader/slimbootloader.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++
> .../asm/arch-slimbootloader/slimbootloader.h | 28 ++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 65 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/slimbootloader/slimbootloader.c b/arch/x86/cpu/slimbootloader/slimbootloader.c
> index 9f3a61ec61..e6b174ca88 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/cpu/slimbootloader/slimbootloader.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/cpu/slimbootloader/slimbootloader.c
> @@ -4,9 +4,46 @@
> */
>
> #include <common.h>
> +#include <asm/arch/slimbootloader.h>
> +
> +DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
> +
> +/**
> + * This sets tsc_base and clock_rate for early_timer and tsc_timer.
> + * The performance info guid hob has all performance timestamp data, but
> + * the only tsc frequency info is used for the timer driver for now.
> + *
> + * Slim Bootloader already calibrated TSC and provides it to U-Boot.
> + * Therefore, U-Boot does not have to re-calibrate TSC.
> + * Configuring tsc_base and clock_rate here makes x86 tsc_timer driver
> + * bypass TSC calibration and use the provided TSC frequency.
> + */
> +static void tsc_init(void)
> +{
> + struct sbl_performance_info *data;
> + const efi_guid_t guid = SBL_PERFORMANCE_INFO_GUID;
> +
> + if (!gd->arch.hob_list)
> + panic("hob list not found!");
> +
> + gd->arch.tsc_base = rdtsc();
> + debug("tsc_base=0x%llx\n", gd->arch.tsc_base);
> +
> + data = hob_get_guid_hob_data(gd->arch.hob_list, NULL, &guid);
> + if (!data) {
> + debug("performance info hob not found\n");
> + return;
> + }
> +
> + /* frequency is in KHz, so to Hz */
> + gd->arch.clock_rate = data->frequency * 1000;
> + debug("freq=0x%lx\n", gd->arch.clock_rate);
> +}
>
> int arch_cpu_init(void)
> {
> + tsc_init();
> +
> return x86_cpu_init_f();
> }
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/arch-slimbootloader/slimbootloader.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/arch-slimbootloader/slimbootloader.h
> index 174a341d32..05dd1b2b44 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/arch-slimbootloader/slimbootloader.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/arch-slimbootloader/slimbootloader.h
> @@ -23,6 +23,13 @@
> EFI_GUID(0x6c6872fe, 0x56a9, 0x4403, \
> 0xbb, 0x98, 0x95, 0x8d, 0x62, 0xde, 0x87, 0xf1)
>
> +/**
> + * A GUID to get boot performance info hob which is provided by Slim Bootloader
> + */
> +#define SBL_PERFORMANCE_INFO_GUID \
> + EFI_GUID(0x868204be, 0x23d0, 0x4ff9, \
> + 0xac, 0x34, 0xb9, 0x95, 0xac, 0x04, 0xb1, 0xb9)
> +
> /**
> * A single entry of memory map information
> *
> @@ -84,4 +91,25 @@ struct sbl_serial_port_info {
> u32 rsvd1;
> };
>
> +/**
> + * This includes timestamp data which has been collected in Slim Bootloader
> + * stages from the reset vector. In addition, this has TSC frequency in KHz to
> + * calculate each timestamp.
> + *
> + * @rev : revision of performance_info structure. currently 1.
> + * @rsvd : padding for alignment
> + * @count : the number of collected timestamp data
> + * @flags : only used in Slim Bootloader
> + * @frequency: tsc frequency in KHz
> + * @timestamp: the array of timestamp data which has 64-bit tsc value
> + */
> +struct sbl_performance_info {
> + u8 rev;
> + u8 rsvd[3];
> + u16 count;
> + u16 flags;
> + u32 frequency;
> + u64 timestamp[0];
> +};
> +
> #endif /* __SLIMBOOTLOADER_ARCH_H__ */
> --
> 2.20.1
>
--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
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