[PATCH 1/2] cyclic: Fix rollover every 72 min on 32 bits platforms

[Stefan Roese]

On 08.01.25 16:09, Patrice Chotard wrote:
> On 32 bits platforms, timer_get_us() returns an unsigned long which
> is a 32 bits. timer_get_us() wraps around every 72 minutes
> (2 ^ 32 / 1000000 =~ 4295 sec =~ 72 min).
> 
> So the test "if time_after_eq64(now, cyclic->next_call)" is no more
> true when cyclic->next_call becomes above 32 bits max value (4294967295).
> 
> At this point after 72 min, no more cyclic function are
> executed included watchdog one.
> 
> Instead of using timer_get_us(), use get_timer_us() which returns a
> uint64_t, this allows a rollover every 584942 years.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Patrice Chotard <patrice.chotard at foss.st.com>
> ---
> 
>   common/cyclic.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/common/cyclic.c b/common/cyclic.c
> index 196797fd61e..e3f03a19d55 100644
> --- a/common/cyclic.c
> +++ b/common/cyclic.c
> @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static void cyclic_run(void)
>   		 * Check if this cyclic function needs to get called, e.g.
>   		 * do not call the cyclic func too often
>   		 */
> -		now = timer_get_us();
> +		now = get_timer_us(0);
>   		if (time_after_eq64(now, cyclic->next_call)) {
>   			/* Call cyclic function and account it's cpu-time */
>   			cyclic->next_call = now + cyclic->delay_us;

Reviewed-by: Stefan Roese <sr at denx.de>

Thanks,
Stefan